california okie chords by Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) Standin' by a (G major) cotton
field (D major) a little north of (G major) Bakersfield
(D major) Valley heat and dust
likin' to choke (A major) me
(D major) Tryin' hard to (G major) thumb a ride
(D major) holdin' up my (G major) weary pride
(D major) I'm just a homesick (A major) California (D major) Okie
Well just to keep from (G major) gettin' down
Verse 2
(D major)
I remembered sit (G major) tin' 'round
That (D major) old wood stove in
Mama's country (A major) kitchen
(D major) And every car that (G major) passes by
(D major) I cuss and tell myself (G major) that I
Can't (D major) get back home nor
(A major) anywhere's by (D major) hitchin'
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Verse 3
And I (G major) wish I'd never (A major) left old Oklaho (D major) ma
(B minor) I never had no money
but at (E major) least I had a wife (A major)
She (G major) begged me not to leave (A major)
old Oklahoma (D major)
(B minor) I never had no money there at
(A major) least we (G major) had a life
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
(D major) When the sun's a (G major) goin' down
(D major) Needles ain't no (G major) kind'a town
For a (D major) guy like me to be
in broke and walk (A major) in'
(D major) 'Cause if a cop should (G major) happen by
(D major) ten to one he'd stop (G major) and I
Ain't (D major) in no mood to (A major) do no
fancy talk (D major) in'
I reckon I'd be (G major) outta state (D major) but only
if I'd caught (G major) a freight
Back in (D major) Bakersfield but somethin'
wouldn't (A major) let me (D major)
Well if you believe in (G major) Okie's God
(D major) give this country boy (G major) a nod
Or (D major) send some kinda An
(A major) gel here to get (D major) me
Verse 5
And I (G major) wish I'd never (A major) left old Oklaho (D major) ma
(B minor) I never had no money there
at (E major) least I had a wife (A major)
She (G major) begged me not to
(A major) leave old Oklaho (D major) ma
(B minor) I never had no money there
at (A major) least we had a life (G major)
(B minor) Never had no money there
at (A major) least I had a wife
(G major) (D major) (G major)
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