Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma Chords by Don Williams

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_ [G] _ _ [C] Where the Arkansas River _ [F] _
leaves Oklahoma,
[C] It runs free and rambles _ muddy [G] and wide. _ _
Where the Arkansas River _ [F] _ leaves Oklahoma, _
[C] It's gone forever and [G] never looks [C] back.
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[G] _ _ I [C] met her in Stillwell, _ _ she'd just turned twenty, _ _
A spirited beauty like I'd [G] never known,
_ _ And me a dirt farmer who lived by the river.
_ _ But she said she loved me and [G] the free life [C] I owned. _
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_ We married in April and lived by the river,
_ _ _ We worked that land from spring till the [G] fall. _
But [C] I guess when the winter _ _ howled at our window,
_ _ _ She couldn't help hearing [G] that wild [C] river call. _ _
Where the Arkansas _ River _ [F] _ leaves Oklahoma,
_ [C] It runs free and rambles _ muddy [G] and wide.
_ [C] Where the Arkansas River [F] _ _
leaves Oklahoma,
_ [C] It's gone forever _ [G] and never [C] looks _ back. _
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_ _ _ _ She tried to conquer _ that wild rage within her, _ _
But something too strong ran deep [G] in her soul.
_ _ _ [C] But I know she loved me, _ [F] _
she [C] cried like a baby. _ _ _
That cold winter evening [G] she answered [C] the call.
_ _ Where the Arkansas _ River _ [F] _
leaves Oklahoma,
[C] It runs free and rambles muddy [G] and wide. _ _
Where [C] the Arkansas River _ [F] _ leaves Oklahoma,
_ [C] It's gone forever [G] and never [C] looks back. _ _ _ _ _
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