Boy from Oklahoma
by Willis Alan Ramsey (Wishbone Music)
Tabs by Casey Carr
D (xx0232@1) GTravelin' (320003@1)across the country
A (x02220@1) Dplayin' (xx0232@1)on the circuit line
D (xx0232@1) Bmsometimes (x24432@1)I think about a man
E7 (020130@1) Awho (x02220@1)was here before my time.
G (320003@1) DNamed (xx0232@1)for the 28th president
G (320003@1) Awith (x02220@1)a Guthrie tacked to the end.
D (xx0232@1) Aborn (x02220@1)in Okemah shoes
C (x32010@1) Gwith (320003@1)the Dust Bowl blues,
Da (xx0232@1)friend of the working man.
D (xx0232@1) GNow (320003@1)he wasn't partial to New York buildings
A (x02220@1) Dthat (xx0232@1)tried to touch the sky
D (xx0232@1) Bm (x24432@1) E7 (020130@1) A7West (x02020@1)Virginia coal mines that took so many lives
G (320003@1) Dfor (xx0232@1)the way they drove the migrant workers
G (320003@1) Aback (x02220@1)over into Mexico way.
D (xx0232@1) Aand (x02220@1)the scabs they run
C (x32010@1) Gwhen (320003@1)they heard he'd come
Dand (xx0232@1)the bosses started to pray.
Chorus:
G (320003@1) AJust (x02220@1)a boy from Oklahoma
D (xx0232@1) Bmon (x24432@1)an endless one-night stand
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)
wan'drin' and a-ramblin'
D (xx0232@1) Bmdriftin' (x24432@1)with the midnight sand.
G (320003@1) AHe (x02220@1)played the blues and the ballads
D (xx0232@1) Gand (320003@1)all that came between
Emhis (022000@1)heart was in the Union
C (x32010@1) Aand (x02220@1)his soul was reachin' out
D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) Dfor (xx0232@1)the servant's dream.
D (xx0232@1) GNow (320003@1)I was talking to a man that met him
A (x02220@1) Din (xx0232@1)a bar near Clovis town.
D (xx0232@1) BmHe (x24432@1)said the whole place was a-shakin'
E7 (020130@1) A7as (x02020@1)he was passing his songs around.
G (320003@1) DIn (xx0232@1)between the tunes he asked him
G (320003@1) Awhere (x02220@1)he'd be when the morrow came
D (xx0232@1) AHe (x02220@1)said through his grin,
C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)put my thumb in the wind
Dand (xx0232@1)I'm off down the road again.
Chorus:
G (320003@1) AJust (x02220@1)a boy from Oklahoma
D (xx0232@1) Bmon (x24432@1)an endless one-night stand
G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)wander and I ramble
D (xx0232@1) Bmand (x24432@1)I drift with the midnight sand.
G (320003@1) AI (x02220@1)play the blues and the ballads
D (xx0232@1) Gand (320003@1)all that comes between
Emmy (022000@1)heart is in the Union
C (x32010@1) Aand (x02220@1)my soul is reachin' out
D (xx0232@1) Am (x02210@1) D (xx0232@1)
for the servant's dream.
D (xx0232@1) GNow (320003@1)you know that Woody Guthrie
A (x02220@1) DIs (xx0232@1)dead and buried in the ground
D (xx0232@1) BmSometimes (x24432@1)I sing his songs
E7 (020130@1) A7and (x02020@1)I get to thinkin' that he's still around.
G (320003@1) DI'll (xx0232@1)hold that his fires everlastin'
G (320003@1) ATestify (x02220@1)that his voice has rung true
D (xx0232@1) Aand (x02220@1)the ramblin' man's ris'
C (x32010@1) Gand (320003@1)the kingdom's his
Dbut (xx0232@1)his songs are for me and you.
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