D G D When they opened up the strip I was young and full of zip,A I wanted some place to call my homeD G D And so I made the race, and I staked me out a place,A D And I settled down along the CimarronG D It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A My Oklahoma home, it blowed awayD G D It looked so green and fair when I built my shanty there,A D But my Oklahoma home, it blowed awayD G D I planted wheat and oats, had some chickens and some shoats,D A Aimed to have some ham and eggs to feed my faceD G D Got a mule to pull the plow, got an old red muley cowD A D And I also got a fancy mortgage on the placeG D It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A All the crops that I have planted blowed awayD G D You can't grow any grain if you ain’t got any rain;A D Everything except my mortgage blowed awayD G D It looked so green and fair, when I built my shanty there,A I figured I was all set for lifeD G D I put on my Sunday best with my fancy scalloped vestA D And I went to town to pick me out a wifeG D It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A My Oklahoma woman blowed awayD G D Mister as I bent and kissed her, she was picked up by a twister;A D My Oklahoma woman blowed awayD G D Then I was left alone just a-listenin' to the moanD A ‘the wind around the corners of my shack;D G D So I took off down the road when the south wind blowed,A D A-travelin' with the wind upon my backG D It blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A Chasin' that dust cloud up aheadD G D Once it looked so green and fair, now it's up there in the air;A D My Oklahoma farm is over headD G D Now I'm always close to home it don’t matter where I roam,A For Oklahoma dust is everywhereD G D Makes no difference where I'm walkin', I can hear my chickens squawkin'A D I can hear my wife a-talkin' in the airG D It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A My Oklahoma home blowed awayD G D But my home is always near; it's up in the atmosphere,A D My Oklahoma home is blown awayD G D I'm a roamin' Oklahoman, but I'm always close to homeA And I'll never get homesick until I dieD G D Cause no matter where I'm found, my home is all around;A D My Oklahoma home is in the skyG D It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A My farm down on the CimarronD G D But all around the world, wherever dust is swirled,A D There’s some from my Oklahoma homeG D It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)A My Oklahoma home is blown awayD G D Yeah it's up there in the sky in that dust cloud over n’ by,A D My Oklahoma home is in the skyA D
My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away
Pete Seeger
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