The Kid From Spavinaw Chords by Tom Russell

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_ _ _ _ _ I was born in _ _ _ _ [Bb] Oklahoma, [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Cm] 1931 _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Outside the [C] town of [F] Spavina _ _
Where the red dust _ _ clouds the [C] sun
_ _ And _ _ _ I [F] ran [C] beneath your [G] diamond _ skies
_ [C] And I _ drank your [F] waves of grain
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My [Em] name is [Am] Mickey Mantle, boys
_ _ _ [Bb] And baseball _ _ [C] is my [G] game _ _
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My [C] father's name _ _ was Mud [F] Boys _ _ _ _
_ _ And he worked down in the [C] mines _ _ _ _ _ _
He'd bitch to me in the [F] evening
_ _ _ _ _ _ At least a thousand [C] _ times _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] A thousand _ times [G] again _ _ _
[C] In my _ nightmares _ and [F] my _ dreams
_ You're [C] gonna [Em] live in the house
_ That [Am] Ruth built, kid
_ You're gonna [Bb] make that _ _ Yankee [G] team
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_ _ Sure [C] enough, _ _ a Yankee [F] scout comes driving _
_ _ _ _ Right down Route _ [C] _ 66 _ _ _
_ He'd never _ come to [F] Spavina
_ _ _ Class D ball _ in the [C] sticks
_ But _ I [F] happened to be playing
_ In an old [G] wood _ ballpark
[F] Way out [C] on _ the mother [F] _ road _ _ _
That [Em] Yankee scout, _ he [Am] signed me
_ _ And I [Bb] went up _ to the [G] show
_ _ Strike _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] one, _ _ that was drinking
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_ _ _ _ Strike two, there go the [C] knees _ _ _
Then my old man _ _ died in Denver
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Some [C] type of lung _ disease
_ _ _ _ _ When [F] God _ starts throwing [G] _ change-ups
_ [C] You can't swing _ with [F] fame or wealth _ _
If [C] _ I'd known [Em] I was gonna live [Am] this long _
I'd [Bb] taken better care of _
[G] myself _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ I don't miss the _ _ lights of [F] Times Square
_ _ _ _ _ I don't miss _ _ [C] Tuchor's Bar _
I miss my old man _ pitching _ _ [F] baseballs _
Near the shed in our [C]
backyard
_ _ I _ _ [F] wish that he _ [G] were still around
To see [C] these _ _ _ trophies on [F] my shelf _
_ _ If I'd [Em] known I was gonna [Am] live this long _ _
I'd [Bb] taken better care of _ [G] myself _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was [C] born in _ _ _ Oklahoma, _
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_ _ _ [C] 1931 _ _ _
_ _ _ Outside the town of _ Spavina
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Where the red dust _ clouds the [C] sun _ _ _ _ _
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