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***************** OKLAHOMA WIND ******************

written by Billy Joe Shaver

performed by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings.



Verse 1:
     Em                                 Am
	Jesse lit us up and passed the bottle one more time
                                               Em
	We used to smoke and drink a lot back then
                                           Am
	Thunder shook the heavens and the lightning danced the sky
                                                Em
	Like i ain't seen since can't remember when


Verse 2:
     Em                              Am
	The Oklahoma kid laid dying in a women's wing
                                    Em
	Just another indian biting dust
                                              Am
	Clouds grew dark in promise but they didn't rain a thing
                                                Em
	The government ain't something you can trust


Bridge:
               G         A             D                G
	Oh the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
            G/            A/               Em
	Over double crosses mother nature made


Verse 3:
     Em                                   Am
	We picked a gig in Tulsa at the Cains ballroom that night
                                       Em
	The Oklahoma kid was dead and gone
                                          Am
	Rains still hadn't come but the clouds still blacked the sky
                                                                  Em
	That's when i took the time to write this song about the wrong


Chorus:
                G        A             D                G
	Oh the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
                          A               Em
	Over double crosses mother nature made
             G              A       D             G
	And nothing's ever come as far as i'm concerned
                                 A               Em
	From those dead tomorrows planted yesterday


Verse 4:(Waylon)
     Em                                          Am
	The white man took a chance and got his foot hung in the door
                                           Em
	He sure as hell is gonna have his day
                                              Am
	The redman speaks his peace gain his long lost dignity
                                          Em
	Washington just turned the other way


Verse 5:(Waylon)
     Em                                Am
	Jesse spends his days in Loco Hills New Mexico
                                           Em
	Every night he drinks his fill of booze
                                           Am
	When Williams ghost is running he lays his money down
                                                Em
	Winning just enough to lose to lose to lose ...


Chorus.(x2).












Thanks to David M. Potter (dmp12@cornell.edu) for the lyrics.
Perret Charles-Amir : perret@math.univ-mlv.fr
                      http://soleil.univ-mlv.fr/~perret/country.html