Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard

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Artist: Merle Haggard
Song: Oakie From Muskogee

Verse 1:

We don't smoke

 marijuana in 

Muskogee
              
We don't take 

              
our trips on L


SD

We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street
              
We like living

              
 right, and be

     
ing free
 
Verse 2: 

We don't make 

a party out of

 lovin'
              
We like holdin

              
' hands and pi

       
tchin' woo

We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy
              
Like the hippi

              
es out in San 

          
Francisco do

Chorus:

I'm proud to b

e an Okie from

 Muskogee
              
A place where 

              
even squares c

          
an have a ball

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
              
And white ligh

              
tning's still 

              
the biggest th

        
rill of all
 
Verse 3:

Leather boots 

are still in s

tyle for manly

 footwear
              
Beads and Roma

              
n sandals won'

      
t be seen

Football's still the roughest thing on campus
              
And the kids h

              
ere still resp

              
ect the colleg

   
e dean
 
Chorus:

I'm proud to b

e an Okie from

 Muskogee
              
A place where 

              
even squares c

          
an have a ball

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse
              
And white ligh

              
tning's still 

              
the biggest th

        
rill of all
            
And white ligh

              
tning's still 

              
the biggest th

        
rill of all
            
In Muskogee, O

         
klahoma, USA

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