Chords for Mike Denver My Oklahoma Home

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[G] _ _ _ When they opened up the strip, [C] I was young and [G] full of zip.
I wanted some place to [D] call my home.
_ [G] And so I made the race, [C] and I staked me [G] out in place.
And I settled [D] down along the [G] Cimarron.
It [C] flowed away, it flowed away, it [G] flowed away, it flowed away.
I opened up a hole in my home, it [D] flowed away.
_ [G] It looked so green and fair [C] when I built my [G] shanty there.
I opened up [D] a hole in my home, it [G] flowed away.
_ _ Well, I planted wheat and oats, [C] got some chickens [G] and some shoats.
Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed [D] my face.
[G] Got a mule to pull the plow, [C] God ain't no red [G] mule eat cow.
And I got a [D] fancy mortgage [G] on the plains.
It [C] flowed away, it flowed away, it [G] flowed away, it flowed away.
All the crops that I had planted [D] flowed away.
_ [G] Well, you can't grow any grain [C] if you ain't got [G] any rain.
Everything except [D] my mortgage [G] flowed away.
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[G] _ _ _ Well, it looked so green and fair when [C] I built my [G] shanty there.
I figured I was all set [D] for life.
I _ [G] put on my Sunday best with [C] my fancy [G] scallop vest.
And I went to [D] town and picked me [G] out a wife.
She [C] flowed away, she flowed away, she [G] flowed away, she flowed away.
My Oklahoma woman [D] flowed away.
_ [G] Missed her as I bent to kiss her, [C] she was picked up [G] by a drifter.
My Oklahoma [D] woman [G] flowed away.
_ _ [Ab] I'm always close to home, and [Db] no matter where [Ab] I roam,
her Oklahoma dust is [Eb] everywhere.
_ [Ab] Makes no difference where I'm [Ab] walking, I [Db] can hear my [Ab] chickens squawking.
I can hear my [Eb] wife a-talking [Ab] in the air.
It [Db] flowed away, it flowed away, it [Ab] flowed away, it flowed away.
My Oklahoma home, it [Eb] flowed away.
My [Ab] home is always near, [Db] it's up in the [Ab] aftersmear.
My Oklahoma [Eb] home, it [Ab] flowed away.
_ It [Db] flowed away, it flowed away, it [Ab] flowed away, it flowed away.
My Oklahoma home, it [Eb] flowed away.
_ [Ab] My home is always near, [Db] it's up in the [Ab] aftersmear.
My Oklahoma [Eb] home, that [Ab] flowed away. _ Hey! _ _ _
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