Oklahoma Wind Chords

Performed by Billy Joe Shaver and Waylon Jennings.
 
[Verse]
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]
    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
 
[Chorus]
        G         A             D                G
Oh, the Oklahoma wind slides across the burning sand
     G           A                Em
Over double crosses mother nature made
 
[Verse]
   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]
    Em                                  Am
The black man took a chance and got his foot hung in the door
                                   Em
He sure as hell is gonna have his day
                                         Am
The red man speaks his peace to gain his long lost dignity
                                  Em
Washington just turned the other way
 
[Verse]
Em                             Am
Jesse spends his days in Loco Hills, New Mexico
                                  Em
Every night he drinks his fill of booze
                          Am
When Riodoso's running he lays his money down
                                Em
Winning just enough to lose and lose and lose and lose ...
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