Key: C major•
Verse 1
C
Bb
F
C
I was born in Oklahoma, 1931
Spavinaw
F
G
And I ran beneath your diamond skies
C
F
And I drank your waves of grain
Em
Am
My name is Mickey Mantle, boys
Bb
G
And baseball is my game
Verse 2
C
F
My father's name was "Mut
t", boy
And he worked down
G
C
Csus2
in the mines
C
F
He pitched to me in the evening
Csus2
C
F
G
A thousand times again,
Csus2
C
F
in my nightmare and my dreams
the house that
G
Csus2
G
Yankee team
Verse 3
C
Csus2
C
Right down route 66
C
F
Way out on the mother road
Em
Am
That Yan kee scout he signed me
Bb
G
and I went up to the the show
Verse 4
C
F
Strike 1, that was the drinkin'
C
F
You can't swing with fame or wealth
Em
Am
If I'd known I's going to live this long
G
F
C
F
Interlude 1
G
F
C
F
C
Verse 5
C
I don't miss
F
G
I wish that he were still alive
C
F
To see these trophies on my shelf
Em
Am
If I'd known I was going to live this long
G
Verse 6
C
F
C
I was born in Oklahoma,
Spavinaw
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC Bb F G Em...
C
Bb
F
G
Em
Am
Csus2
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