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Thread #17791   Message #2852131
Posted By: GUEST
28-Feb-10 - 06:42 AM
Thread Name: Songs About Vietnam War Part II
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: OKIE FROM MUSKOGEE (Merle Haggard)
Hello everybody!
There's the Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee"
As I am playin' it:

INTRO
| |A |A |D |D |


D
We don't smoke marajuana in Muskogee
                           A
We don't take our trips on LSD
A
We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
                                     D
Cause we like living right and being free


D
We don't make a party out of loving
                                       A
But we like holding hands and pitching woo
A
We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
                                     D
Like the hippies out in San Francisco do


       D
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
                                     A
A place where even squares can have a ball
A
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
                                                 D   Bb
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all


       Eb
Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear
                                  Bb
Beads and Roman sandles won't be seen
    Bb
And football's still the roughest thing on campus
                                           Eb
And the kids here still respect the college dean


       Eb
And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee
                                     Bb
A place where even squares can have a ball
Bb
We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
          Bb                                     Eb
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
          Bb                                     Eb
And white lightning's still the biggest thrill of all
   Bb          Eb
In Muskogee U.S.A.


TAB: There are two possible ways to tune the guitar.
1. Drop D:   D A D G B D (preferred)
2. Standard: E A D G B E

Intro, drop D tuning