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Oklahoma Hills

Hank Thompson

Written by Woody and Jack Guthrie

Key of G · Chords: I IV V VII

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Verse 1

C
Many months have come and gone
        F             D7
Sense I wandered from my home
         G7                     C
In these Oklahoma hills where I was born

Verse 2

Many a page of life has turned
       F             D7
many a lesson I have learned
  G7                               C
I feel like in those hills I still belong

Verse 3

Way down yonder in the Indian Nation
  F                   D7
I rode my pony on the reservation
         G7                     C   G7
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born
C
Way down yonder in the Indian Nation
  F                   D7
A cowboy's life is my occupation
         G7                     C
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born

Verse 4

But as I sat here today
       F       D7
Many a miles I am away
         G7                               C
From the place I rode my pony through the drawl

Verse 5

Where the oak and blackjack trees
         F               D7
Kiss the playful prairie breeze
         G7                     C
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born

Verse 2

Many a page of life has turned
       F             D7
many a lesson I have learned
  G7                               C
I feel like in those hills I still belong

Verse 6

Well as I turn life a page
            F                 D7
Back to the land of the great Osage
         G7                     C
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born

Verse 7

Where the black oil rolls and flows
        F                 D7
And the snow white cotton grows
         G7                     C
In those Oklahoma hills where I was born

Verse 2

Many a page of life has turned
       F             D7
many a lesson I have learned
  G7                               C
I feel like in those hills I still belong