oklahoma wind chords by Billy Joe Shaver

SimplifiedEm · Am · G · A · D

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) Jesse lit us up and passed
Am 
the  (A minor) bottle one more time
We used to smoke and drink
Em 
a lot back  (E minor) then
Thunder shook heavens and the
Am 
 (A minor) lightning danced the sky
Like I ain't seen since
Em 
can't remember when  (E minor) 

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Verse 2

The Oklahoma kid laid dying

in a women's wing

Just another Indian biting dust

Clouds grew dark in promise but they

didn't rain a thing

The government ain't

something you can trust

Verse 3
We picked a gig in Tulsa at the
Am 
 (A minor) Cain's ballroom that night
Em 
The Oklahoma kid was dead and gone  (E minor) 
Rains still hadn't come but the cloud
Am 
 (A minor) s   still blacked the sky
That's when I took the time to write
Em 
this  (E minor) song about the wrong

Verse 4
G 
A 
Oh, the  (G major) Oklahoma  (A major) wind slides
D 
G 
 (D major) across the burning  (G major) sand
A 
Em 
Over double crosses  (A major) Mother Nature made  (E minor) 
G 
A 
And  (G major) nothing's ever come  (A major) as
D 
G 
 (D major) far as I'm concerned  (G major) 
From those dead tomorrows
A 
 (A major) planted yesterday

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Em 
 (E minor) Black man took a chance and got
Am 
his  (A minor) foot hung in the door
He sure as hell is gonna have his day
Em 
 (E minor) The redman speaks his peace,
Am 
gain his  (A minor) long lost dignity
And Washington just turned
the other way
Em 
 (E minor) 

Verse 6
Em 
 (E minor) Jesse spends his days in Loco
Am 
 (A minor) Hills New Mexico
Em 
Every night he drinks his fill of booze  (E minor) 
When Williams ghost is running,
Am 
he  (A minor) lays his money down
Winning just enough to lose
Em 
and  (E minor) lose and lose and lose

Verse 7
G 
A 
D 
Oh, the  (G major) Oklahoma  (A major) wind slides  (D major) across
G 
the burning  (G major) sand
Over double crosses
A 
Em 
 (A major) Mother Nature made  (E minor) 
G 
A 
And  (G major) nothing's ever come  (A major) as
D 
G 
 (D major) far as I'm concerned  (G major) 
From those dead tomorrows
A 
Em 
 (A major) planted yester (E minor) day