Oklahoma Hills (for Deb)

by The Guthries, Bruce Springsteen · posted by WaltP

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

OKLAHOMA HILLS  (for Deb)
By: Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie
Arlo Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen
Key: E

-4  6   7*     7   7*  -8   7*
Man-y months have come and gone
6     7*-6*   6    6   6   5*
Since I wan-dered from my home
-4  -5* -6*-6*-6*-6*  7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills
 -6* -5* 5*  -4
Where I was born

-4   6  7*  7   7*  -8    7*
Tho’ a page of life has turned
 6  7*-6* -6*-6*  6     5*
And a les-son I have learned
5* -5 -5*  -6* -6*  -6*   7*
Yet I feel like in those hills
-6* -5* -4  6
I still be-long

 7*  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8  8*  -8  7*   6
Way down yon-der in the In-dian na-tion
5*  6  6   6  6  6  6 -6*  6  5*  -4   
I rode my po-ny on the re-ser-va-tion
-4   -4 -5*-5*-5*-5*  -8     -8  8* -7  7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills where I was born

 7*  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8  8*  -8  7*  6
Way down yon-der in the In-dian na-tion
6  5*  6      6  6  6 -6* 6  5*  -4
A cow-boy's life is my oc-cu-pa-tion
-4   -4 -5*-5*-5*-5*  -8    -8   7*-6*  6
In those Ok-la-ho-ma Hills where I was born

-4  6  7* 7   7*  -8  7*
But as I sit here to-day
 6  7* -6*   6 6  6  5*
Man-y mile's I am a-way
 -4  -5*  -6* -6* -6*-6* 7*-6*
From the place I rode my po-ny
-5*   5*  -4
Thru the draw

 -4    6   7*  7    7*   -8    7*
Where the oak and black-jack trees
  6   7*  -6* -6*  -6*  6    5*
Kiss the play-ful prai-rie breeze
5*  -5  -5*-6*-6*-6*   7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills
 -6* -5* -4  6  
Where I was born

 7*  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8  8*  -8  7*   6
Way down yon-der in the In-dian na-tion
5*  6  6   6  6  6  6 -6*  6  5*  -4   
I rode my po-ny on the re-ser-va-tion
-4   -4 -5*-5*-5*-5*  -8     -8  8* -7  7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills where I was born

 7*  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8  8*  -8  7*  6
Way down yon-der in the In-dian na-tion
6  5*  6      6  6  6 -6* 6  5*  -4
A cow-boy's life is my oc-cu-pa-tion
-4   -4 -5*-5*-5*-5*  -8    -8   7*-6*  6
In those Ok-la-ho-ma Hills where I was born

-4  6  7*  7   7* -8  7*
Now as I turn life a page
6  7* -6* 6    6   6  5*
To a land of great O-sage
-4  -5* -6*-6*-6*-6*  7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills
 -6* -5* 5*  -4
Where I was born

-4     6    7*   7    7*  -8    7*
Where the black oil rolls and flows
 6   7*  -6*  -6*  -6*  6    5*
And the snow white cot-ton grows
5*  -5  -5*-6*-6*-6*   7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills
 -6* -5* -4  6  
Where I was born

7*  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8  8*  -8  7*   6
Way down yon-der in the In-dian na-tion
5*  6  6   6  6  6  6 -6*  6  5*  -4   
I rode my po-ny on the re-ser-va-tion
-4   -4 -5*-5*-5*-5*  -8     -8  8* -7  7*
In those Ok-la-ho-ma hills where I was born

 7*  -8  -8  -8  -8 -8  8*  -8  7*  6
Way down yon-der in the In-dian na-tion
6  5*  6      6  6  6 -6* 6  5*  -4
A cow-boy's life is my oc-cu-pa-tion
-4   -4 -5*-5*-5*-5*  -8    -8   7*-6*  6
In those Ok-la-ho-ma Hills where I was born

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