BACK IN OKLAHOMA JAMIE RICHARDS BETWEEN THESE LINES G Cadd9 G HE'S 85 YEARS OLD AND SOMETIMES HE DONT KNOW WHAT HE JUST TOLD ME Cadd9 G BUT HE'S STILL GOT HIS WITS, YEAH HE'S STILL FULL OF IT AND LOVES TO SHOW ME Am C/B Cadd9 HE'LL SWITCH HANDS WITH HIS CANE, TO READJUST HIS PAIN G Bm G D WHEN HE'S DOWN IN HIS CHAIR, TO TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE CHORUS: G C WE'RE ON A FREIGHT TRAIN IN KANSAS, IN A GOLD MINE IN ALASKA G D IN A SOUP LINE ON THE STREETS IN '29 G C WITH A YOUNG GIRL IN A BACKSEAT, IN THE BIG WAR ON A BLOODY BEACH G D I'VE BEEN A MILLION PLACES IN HIS MIND C C/B Am D G Cadd9 BUT WHEN HE FALLS ASLEEP, HE'S BACK HOME, IN OKLAHOMA HE DRANK A LITTLE BIT, IN SCHOOL HE HAD TO QUIT, TO HELP HIS FAMILY GOT HOOKED ON CIGARETTES, GOT A TATTOO ON HIS CHEST CAUSE IT WAS MANLY TODAY HE JUMPED THE FENCE AND BOUGHT GAS FOR TWENTY CENTS AND THAT REMINDED HIM OF ANOTHER TIME AND THEN REPEAT CHORUS D C G D IN OKLAHOMA, THERE ARE HIGHWAYS IN THE SKY YOU WONT BELIEVE Bm C G Bm D IN OKLAHOMA, THERE ARE BRIDGES OVER TIME FOR HIM AND ME REPEAT CHORUS CORRECTIONS + KUDOS WELCOME BACK IN OKLAHOMA JAMIE RICHARDS BETWEEN THESE LINES G Cadd9 G HE'S 85 YEARS OLD AND SOMETIMES HE DONT KNOW WHAT HE JUST TOLD ME Cadd9 G BUT HE'S STILL GOT HIS WITS, YEAH HE'S STILL FULL OF IT AND LOVES TO SHOW ME Am C/B Cadd9 HE'LL SWITCH HANDS WITH HIS CANE, TO READJUST HIS PAIN
G Bm G D WHEN HE'S DOWN IN HIS CHAIR, TO TAKE ME BACK TO WHERE CHORUS: G C WE'RE ON A FREIGHT TRAIN IN KANSAS, IN A GOLD MINE IN ALASKA G D IN A SOUP LINE ON THE STREETS IN '29 G C WITH A YOUNG GIRL IN A BACKSEAT, IN THE BIG WAR ON A BLOODY BEACH G D I'VE BEEN A MILLION PLACES IN HIS MIND C C/B Am D G Cadd9 BUT WHEN HE FALLS ASLEEP, HE'S BACK HOME, IN OKLAHOMA HE DRANK A LITTLE BIT, IN SCHOOL HE HAD TO QUIT, TO HELP HIS FAMILY GOT HOOKED ON CIGARETTES, GOT A TATTOO ON HIS CHEST CAUSE IT WAS MANLY TODAY HE JUMPED THE FENCE AND BOUGHT GAS FOR TWENTY CENTS AND THAT REMINDED HIM OF ANOTHER TIME AND THEN REPEAT CHORUS D C G D IN OKLAHOMA, THERE ARE HIGHWAYS IN THE SKY YOU WONT BELIEVE Bm C G Bm D IN OKLAHOMA, THERE ARE BRIDGES OVER TIME FOR HIM AND ME REPEAT CHORUS CORRECTIONS + KUDOS WELCOME