Ballad Of Will Rogers chords by Chris LeDoux

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C
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Ab
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Cm
E
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C#m

Intro 1

Verse 1
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He was born  (G major) and raised  (D major) in
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Oklaho (G major) ma his blood  (C major) lines were white  (D major) and Chero (G major) kee
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His daddy  (C major) owned a ranch  (D major) 
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outside of  (G major) Clairmore
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Where he learned  (A major) to ride
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before the age of three  (D major) 
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Now young  (G major) Will Ro (D major) gers was a cow (G major) boy
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And he prac (C major) ticed with his
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rope  (D major) most every (G major) day
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He'd ride  (C major) around the barn
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 (D major) or cross the prarie  (G major) 
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And throw a loop  (A major) at anything that came
his way.
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Bm 
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Bm 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (D major)  (B minor) 

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Verse 2

Chorus:

Yes Will Rogers was a country boy one

of Oklahoma's favorite sons

The nation claimed him

as their pride and joy

But his roots were deep in Oklahoma sod

Verse 3
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Before too long he had  (E flat major) his fill of school (A flat major) ing
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At  (D flat major) eighteen years he got  (E flat major) 
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the urge to roam  (A flat major) 
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A whole  (D flat major) great big world's  (E flat major) 
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out there wait (A flat major) ing
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Bbm 
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So he saddled  (B flat major) up and lit out  (B flat minor) on    his own  (E flat major) 
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Well he wrangled  (A flat major) for some
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ranches  (E flat major) down in Texas  (A flat major) 
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And he punched  (D flat major) some cows
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out  (E flat major) in  New Mexico  (A flat major) 
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Then he nearly  (D flat major) starved to death
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 (E flat major) in Argentina  (A flat major) 
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Then in  (B flat major) Africa he joined a wild
west show
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 (E flat major)  (C minor) 

Verse 4
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 (D flat major) 
Chorus:
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Yes Will  (E flat major) Rogers was a coun (A flat major) try boy  (D flat major) one
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of  (E flat major) Oklahoma's favorite son (A flat major) s
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The na (D flat major) tion  (E flat major) clamied him
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as their  (A flat major) pride and joy  (D flat major) 
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But his roots  (A flat major) were deep in
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 (E flat major) Oklahoma sod.
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 (A flat major)  (F minor)  (A flat major)  (A major) 

Verse 5
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 (D major) From  (A major) the early days of
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Vaudeville  (E major) to the big  (A major) time
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Folks  (D major) that knew him said  (E major) that
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he'd never changed  (A major) 
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He was still  (D major) the simple  (E major) Oklahoma cow (A major) boy
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No matter  (B major) what he always stayed the same  (E major) 
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I sup (A major) pose most of all  (E major) he
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loved the people  (A major) 
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Said, he never  (D major) met a man
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 (E major) he didn't like  (A major) 
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When times  (D major) were hard and
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folk (E major) s were feeling sorry  (A major) 
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A word  (B major) from Will would always bring
a smile
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C#m 
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C#m 
 (E major)  (C sharp minor)  (E major)  (C sharp minor) 

Verse 6
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 (D major) 
Chorus:
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Yes Will  (E major) Rogers was a coun (A major) try boy  (D major) one of
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 (E major) Oklahoma's favorite son (A major) s
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The nation  (D major)  (E major) clamied him
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as their  (A major) pride and joy  (D major) 
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But his roots  (A major) were deep
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in  (E major) Oklahoma sod  (A major) 
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Yes his roots were deep in Ok (E major) lahoma sod