Kid from Spavinaw
Kid from Spavinaw

Kid from Spavinaw easy guitar chords by Tom Russell

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    was born in 
    Oklaho
    ma, 
    1931 

    Outside 
    the town 
    of 

    Spavinaw 

    Where the red dust 
    clouds 
    the 
    sun

    And I ran 
    beneath 
    your 
    diamond 
    skies 

    And 
    I drank 
    your 
    waves 
    of grain 

    My name 
    is Mickey 
    Mantle, boys 

    And 
    baseball 
    is my 
    game 

    Verse 2
    My 
    father's 
    name 
    was 
    "Mut

    t", boy 

    And he worked 
    down 

    in the mines 

    He 
    pitched 
    to me 
    in the even
    ing 

    At 
    least 
    a thousand 
    times 


    A thousand 
    times 
    again, 

    in my 
    nightmare 
    and my 
    dreams 

    You're going 
    to 
    live in 

    the house 
    that 

    Ruth built, 
    kid 

    You're going 
    to 
    make that 

    Yankee 
    team 

    Sure 
    enough, 
    Verse 3

    the Yankee 
    scout comes 
    drivin', 

    Right down 
    route 
    66 

    He'd 
    have never 
    come 
    to 

    Spavinaw class 
    D ball 
    in the sticks, 


    But I happened 
    to be playing 

    in an old 
    wood 
    ball park 

    Way out 
    on 
    the 
    mother road 

    That 
    Yan
    kee 
    scout 
    he signed 
    me 

    and 
    I 
    went up 
    to the the show 

    Verse 4
    Strike 
    1, that was 
    the 
    drink
    in' 

    Strike 
    2, there 
    go the 
    knees 

    Then 
    my old man 
    died 
    in 
    Denver 

    Some 
    type 
    of 
    lung 
    dis
    ease 

    When 
    God 
    starts 
    throwing 

    change 
    ups 

    You can't swing 
    with fame 
    or 
    wealth 

    If I'd 
    known 
    I's 
    going 
    to live 
    this 
    long 

    I'd 
    have 
    taken 
    care 
    of myself. 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 5

    I don't miss 

    the lights of 
    Times 
    Square 

    I don't 
    miss 
    Toots 
    Shore's 
    bar 

    I miss 
    my old man 
    pitchin' 
    baseball 

    Near 
    the shed 
    in 
    our 
    backyard 

    I 
    wish 
    that he 
    were 
    still alive 

    To see these 
    trophies 
    on my 
    shelf 

    If I'd 
    known 
    I was 
    going 
    to live 
    this 
    long 

    I'd 
    have 
    taken 
    better 
    care 
    of myself 

    Verse 6
    I was 
    born in 
    Oklahoma, 

    1931 Outside 
    the 
    town 
    of 

    Spavinaw 

    Where the red 
    dust 
    clouds 
    the sun 


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