| C | |
| Where 6 | 9 meets 40, |
| There's a single stop light town, |
| F | |
| And b | ack when I was really young, |
| Am | G | |
| P | art of that burned down, |
| C | |
| On a | ny given Friday night, |
| We'd drive a hundred miles, |
| F | |
| Between the So | nic and the Grocery Store, |
| Am | G | |
| La | ughin' all the while, |
| Am | G | |
| With as m | any friends as | I could pack, |
| F | |
| I | n my daddy's Ford, |
| Am | G | F | C | |
| But I a | in't | in Che | cotah anymore. |
| C | |
| My ho | tel in Manhattan, |
| F | |
| Holds more pe | ople than our town, |
| C | |
| And what | I just paid for dinner, |
| G | |
| Would be a down pay | ment on a house, |
| Am | G | |
| I'd rather be ti | ppin' cows in Tu | lsa, |
| F | |
| Then hailing c | abs here in New York, |
| Am | G | F | C | |
| But I a | in't | in Che | cotah anymore. |
| Chorus: |
| F | |
| I'm in a world s | o wide, |
| C | |
| It makes me feel sm | all sometimes, |
| Am | G | |
| I miss the | big blue skies, |
| F | |
| The Oklaho | ma kind. |
| C | |
| In a wo | rld of long red carpets, |
| F | |
| The bright li | ghts of Hollywood, |
| C | |
| All the papa | razzi flashin' |
| G | |
| Can make a g | irl feel pretty good, |
| Am | G | |
| You can get any | thing you w | ant here, |
| F | |
| Ex | cept a Wal-Mart store, |
| Am | G | F | C | |
| But I a | in't | in Che | cotah anymore. |
| Chorus: |
| F | |
| I'm in a world s | o wide, |
| C | |
| It makes me feel sm | all sometimes, |
| Am | G | |
| I miss the | big blue skies, |
| F | |
| The Oklaho | ma kind. |
| G | |
| Where the Wil | dcats beat the Ironheads, |
| Old Settler's day and the Okrafest, |
| After prom down at the bowling lanes, |
| Catchin' crappy fish in Eufaula lake, |
| Am | G | F | Fsus4 | |
| I a | in't | in Che | cotah anymore. |
| F | C | Fsus4 | F | G | |
| O | h Ye | ah... |
| Chorus: |
| F | |
| I'm in a world s | o wide, |
| C | |
| It makes me feel sm | all sometimes, |
| Am | G | |
| I miss the | big blue skies, |
| F | |
| The Oklaho | ma kind, |
| Am | G | F | |
| But I a | in't | in Che | cotah, |
| Am | G | F | |
| No I a | in't | in Che | cotah, |
| Am | G | F | |
| Oh, there's no | thing like O | klah | oma. |
| C | |
| Where 6 | 9 meets 40, |
| There's a single stoplight town |