Oklahoma! chords by John Raitt
Verse 1
D
They couldn't think of a better
time to start in life.
A
It ain't too early and it ain't too late.
D
Starting as a farmer
with a brand new wife.
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D
G
D
Soon be living in a brand new state.
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D
Brand new state,
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gonna treat you great.
Gonna give you barley,
carrots and potatoes.
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Pasture for the cattle,
spinach and tomatoes.
Em
Flowers on the prairie
where the June bugs zoom.
D
Plenty of there and plenty of room.
G
Plenty of room to swing a rope.
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G
Plenty of heart and plenty
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of hope.
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Oklahoma, where the wind
Eb
comes sweepin' down the plain.
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C#
And the wavin' wheat
Gb
Eb
can sure smell sweet
Db
when the wind comes right
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Ab
Eb
behind the rain.
Db
Oh, Lahoma every night
Ab
Db
Eb
Ab
Db
my honey lamb and I sit alone
Gb
Eb
and talk and watch a hawk
Db
Ab
Db
making lazy circles in the sky.
Gb
Db
We know we belong to the land
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Eb
Ab
and the land we belong to is grand.
Db
And when we say,
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Eb
Yo! I -F -I -O -E -A
We're only saying,
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Fm
Db
You're doing fine, Oklahoma
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Ab
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Oklahoma, okay orches
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G
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tra plays
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Oklahoma, where the wind
Eb
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Comes sweeping down the plain
A
D
Oklahoma, where the waving wheat
G
Can sure smell sweet
D
When the wind comes right
E
D
behind the rainbow.
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The home of every night,
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D
A
my honey lemon light.
D
G
Every night we sit alone and talk and watch a
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D
A
D
hawk making lazy circles in the sky.
G
D
We know we belong to the land.
E
A
And the land we belong to is grand.
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A
E
Yippee -yi, yippee -yi, yippee -yi,
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D
yippee -yi, yippee -yi, yippee -yi.
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D
E
And when we say, oh, I -F -I -O -E -A,
we're only saying,
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you're doing fine,
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E
Em
D
Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
A
D
you're OK.
Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
Oklahoma, Oklahoma.
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D
We know we belong to the land,
E
A
and the land we belong to is grand.
D
And when we say, yo,
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I -N -P -I -O -V -R -A,
D
we're only saying you're doing fine,
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E
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Oklahoma, Oklahoma,
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O -K -L -A -H -O -M -A,
A
D
A
D
Oklahoma! Yo!
Oklahoma!
John Raitt
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