Key: D major
Verse 1
Eb
D
If you'll gather 'round me, children,
A story I will tell
Verse 2
Eb
D
Eb
D
It was in the town of Shawnee,
A Saturday afternoon,
His wife beside him in his wagon
A
D
As into town they rode.
Verse 3
In a manner rather rude,
An' his wife she overheard.
D
Verse 4
Pretty Boy grabbed a log chain,
And the deputy grabbed his gun;
In the fight that followed
A
D
He laid that deputy down.
Then he took to the trees and timber
To live a life of shame;
Every crime in Oklahoma
Verse 6
But a many a starving farmer
The same old story told
Verse 7
D
Eb
D
Eb
Others tell you 'bout a stranger
Verse 8
D
Eb
D
It was in Oklahoma City,
It was on a Christmas Day,
Verse 9
say that I'm a thief.
For the families on relief.
D
Yes,
Verse 10
I've seen lots of funny men;
Verse 11
Eb
D
And as through your life you travel,
Yes, as through your life you roam,
A
D
A
You won't never see an outlaw
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb D A
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