Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma
Don Williams
Key = C (3/4)
Intro: C - G7 - C - G7
Chorus:
C F
Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma
C G7
It Runs Free And Rambles Muddy And Wide
C F
Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma
C G7 C
It's Gone Forever And Never Looks Back
C F C
I Met Her In Stillwell She Just Turned Twenty
G7
A Spirited Beauty Like I've Never Known
C F C
And Me A Dirt Farmer Who Lived By The River
G7 C
But She Said She Loved Me And The Free Life I Owned
C F C
We Married In April And Lived By The River
G7
We Worked That Land From Spring Till The Fall
C F C
But I Guess When The Winter Howled At Our Window
G7 C
She Couldn't Help Hearing That Wild River Call
Repeat Chorus
Inst. Break: C - C - G7 - C - C
C F C
She Tried To Conquer That Wild Rage With-in Her
G7
But Something Too Strong Ran Deep In Her Soul
C F C
But I Know She Loved Me She Cried Like A Baby
G7 C
That Cold Winter Evening She Answered The Call
Repeat Chorus
Instrumetal Outro:
C - C - F - F - C - C - C - G7 - G7 - C - C
F - F - C - C - G7 - C - C - C - C - F - F - C - C - C
Fading>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
