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	D	G
Trave	lin' across the count	ry

	A	D
playi	n' on the circuit lin	e

	D	Bm
somet	imes I think about a m	an

	E7	A
who was he	re before my ti	me.

	G	D
Na	med for the 28th pres	ident

	G	A
with a Gu	thrie tacked to the e	nd.

	D	A
born in Ok	emah sho	es

	C	G
with the Du	st Bowl bl	ues,

	D
a friend of the working m	an.

	D	G
Now he w	asn't partial to New Y	ork buildings

	A	D
that tr	ied to touch the s	ky

	D	Bm	E7	A7
Wes	t Virginia coal m	ines that t	ook so many l	ives

	G	D
for the w	ay they drove the migrant wo	rkers

	G	A
back o	ver into Mexico w	ay.

	D	A
and the sc	abs they r	un

	C	G
when they he	ard he'd c	ome

	D
and the bosses started to p	ray.

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	G	A
Just a b	oy from Oklah	oma

	D	Bm
on an e	ndless one-night s	tand

	G	A
wa	n'drin' and a-r	amblin'

	D	Bm
dr	iftin' with the midnight s	and.

	G	A
He pla	yed the blues and the ba	llads

	D	G
and a	ll that came bet	ween

	Em
his h	eart was in the Union

	C	A
and his s	oul was reachin' o	ut

	D	Am	D
for the servant's dr	eam.

	D	G
Now I was ta	lking to a man that m	et him

	A	D
in a b	ar near Clovis town.

	D	Bm
He s	aid the whole place was a-s	hakin'

	E7	A7
as he was p	assing his songs ar	ound.

	G	D
	In between the tunes he as	ked him

	G	A
where he'd	be when the morrow c	ame

	D	A
He s	aid through his g	rin,

	C	G
I put my th	umb in the w	ind

	D
and I'm off down the road aga	in.

Chorus:

	G	A
Just a b	oy from Oklah	oma

	D	Bm
on an e	ndless one-night st	and

	G	A
I w	ander and I ra	mble

	D	Bm
and I dr	ift with the midnight s	and.

	G	A
I pl	ay the blues and the bal	lads

	D	G
and a	ll that comes betw	een

	Em
my h	eart is in the Union

	C	A
and my s	oul is reachin' o	ut

	D	Am	D
for the servant's dr	eam.

	D	G
Now you k	now that Woody Gu	thrie

	A	D
Is dead and bu	ried in the gr	ound

	D	Bm
Someti	mes I sing his son	gs

	E7	A7
and I get to t	hinkin' that he's still aro	und.

	G	D
I'll ho	ld that his fires everla	stin'

	G	A
Te	stify that his voice has rung t	rue

	D	A
and the ra	mblin' man's r	is'

	C	G
and the ki	ngdom's h	is

	D
but his songs are for me and y	ou.

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Boy From Oklahoma

Willis Alan Ramsey

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