Tone: [C]
Capo: 3
MY OKLAHOMA HOME IT BLOWED AWAY by Pete Seeger
When they [C]opened up the strip, I was [F]young and full of zip,
I [C]wanted some place to call my [G7]own.
And [C]so I made the race, and [F]staked me out a place,
And [C]settled down along the [G7]Cimarron.
It blowed [F]away, it blowed [C]away, My Oklahoma home, it [G7]blowed away.
It [C]looked so green and fair when I [F]built my shanty there,
But my [C]Oklahoma home, it [G7]blowed away.
I [C]planted wheat and oats, got some [F]chickens and some shoats
Aimed to [C]have some ham and eggs to feed my [G7]face
Got a [C]mule to pull the plow, got an [F]old red muley cow
And [C]got a fancy mortgage [G7]on the place
It blowed [F]away, it blowed [C]away All the crops I planted blowed [G7]away
You [C]can't grow any grain if you [F]ain't got any rain
All [C]except the [G7]mortgage blowed away.
It [C]looked so green and fair, when I [F]built my shanty there,
I figured [C]I was all set up for [G7]life.
I [C]put on my Sunday best with my [F]fancy scalloped vest
And [C]went to town and [G7]picked me out a wife.
She blowed [F]away, she blowed [C]away My Oklahoma woman blowed [G7]away.
Mister [C]as I bent and kissed her, she was [F]picked up by a twister;
My [C]Oklahoma woman [G7]blowed a[C]way