{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":90726,"song":"Boy From Oklahoma","artist":"Willis Alan Ramsey","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11551137-boy-from-oklahoma-chords-by-willis-alan-ramsey/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/90726?type=chord","rating":4.86665,"votes":18,"content":"Boy from Oklahoma\r\nby Willis Alan Ramsey (Wishbone Music)\r\n\r\nTabs by Casey Carr\r\n\r\n         \r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTravelin’ across the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nplayin’ on the circuit line[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsometimes I think about a man[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwho was here before my time.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNamed for the 28th president[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwith a Guthrie tacked to the end.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nborn in Okemah shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwith the Dust Bowl blues,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\na friend of the working man.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he wasn’t partial to New York buildings[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthat tried to touch the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nWest Virginia coal mines that took so many lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor the way they drove the migrant workers[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nback over into Mexico way.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the scabs they run[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwhen they heard he’d come[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand the bosses started to pray.[/tab]\r\n\r\n              \r\nChorus:\r\n              \r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust a boy from Oklahoma[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\non an endless one-night stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nwan’drin’ and a-ramblin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\ndriftin’ with the midnight sand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe played the blues and the ballads[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand all that came between[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nhis heart was in the Union[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand his soul was reachin’ out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nfor the servant’s dream.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I was talking to a man that met him[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin a bar near Clovis town.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe said the whole place was a-shakin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E7[/ch]                 [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nas he was passing his songs around.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn between the tunes he asked him[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nwhere he’d be when the morrow came[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe said through his grin,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI put my thumb in the wind[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nand I’m off down the road again.[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:              \r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nJust a boy from Oklahoma[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\non an endless one-night stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI wander and I ramble[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand I drift with the midnight sand.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI play the blues and the ballads[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand all that comes between[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nmy heart is in the Union[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand my soul is reachin’ out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]       \r\nfor the servant’s dream.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow you know that Woody Guthrie[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs dead and buried in the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nSometimes I sing his songs[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]E7[/ch]                         [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nand I get to thinkin’ that he’s still around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI’ll hold that his fires everlastin’[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTestify that his voice has rung true[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the ramblin’ man’s ris’[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand the kingdom’s his[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nbut his songs are for me and you.[/tab]\r\n\r\n              \r\nChorus:","plain_text":"Boy from Oklahoma\nby Willis Alan Ramsey (Wishbone Music)\n\nTabs by Casey Carr\n\n         \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n              \nChorus:\n              \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:              \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n              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