Kid from Spavinaw chords by Tom Russell
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Verse 1
(C major) I was born in Oklaho (B flat major) ma, (F major) (C major) 1931
Outside the town of (F major)
Spavinaw
Where the red dust clouds the (C major) sun
(F major) And I ran beneath your (G major) diamond skies
And (C major) I drank your (F major) waves of grain
(E minor) My name is Mickey (A minor) Mantle, boys
And (B flat major) baseball (G major) is my game
Verse 2
My (C major) father's name was (F major) "Mut
t", boy
And he worked down
in the mines (G major) (C major) (Csus2)
He (C major) pitched to me in the even (F major) ing
At least a thousand times (C major)
(Csus2) (C major)
(F major) A thousand times again, (G major)
in my (Csus2) nightmare (C major) and my (F major) dreams
You're going to (E minor) live in
the house that
(A minor) Ruth built, kid
You're going to (B flat major) make that
Yankee (G major) team (Csus2) (G major)
Sure (C major) enough,
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Verse 3
the Yankee (F major) scout comes drivin',
Right down route (C major) (Csus2) (C major) 66
He'd have never come to (F major)
Spavinaw class D ball in the sticks, (C major)
(F major) But I happened to be playing
in an old (G major) wood ball park
Way out on (C major) the (F major) mother road
That (E minor) Yan kee scout he signed (A minor) me
and I (B flat major) went up to the the show (G major)
Verse 4
Strike (C major) 1, that was the (F major) drinkin'
Strike 2, there go the (C major) knees
Then my old man died in (F major) Denver
Some type of lung dis (C major) ease
When (F major) God starts throwing
(G major) change ups
You can't swing (C major) with fame or (F major) wealth
If I'd (E minor) known I's going to live (A minor) this long
I'd have (B flat major) taken care of myself.
(G major) (F major) (C major) (F major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (F major) (C major) (F major) (C major)
Verse 5
(C major) I don't miss
the lights of (F major) Times Square
I don't miss Toots Shore's (C major) bar
I miss my old man pitchin' (F major) baseball
Near the shed in our (C major) backyard
I (F major) wish that he were (G major) still alive
To see these trophies (C major) (F major) on my shelf
If I'd (E minor) known I was going to live (A minor) this long
I'd have (B flat major) taken better care of myself
(G major)
Verse 6
I was (C major) born in Oklahoma, (F major) (C major)
1931 Outside the town of (F major)
Spavinaw
Where the red dust clouds the sun (C major)
Kid from Spavinaw
Tom Russell
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