Okie From Muskogee - Merle Haggard

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This is a good acoustic guitar version to play for a sing a long or around the campfire! Enjoy!

Verse 1:

We don't smoke

 marijuana in 

Muskogee;
              
We don't take 

             
no trips on LS

D
              
We don't burn 

              
no draft cards

       
 down on Main 

Street;
             
We like livin'

              
 right, and be

     
in' free.

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 courth

ouse,
              
And white ligh

              
tnin's still t

             
he biggest thr

        
ill of all

Verse 2:

We don't make 

a party out of

 lovin';
              
We like holdin

              
' hands and pi

        
tchin' woo;
              
We don't let o

            
ur hair grow l

        
ong 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 courth

ouse,
              
And white ligh

             
tnin's still t

       
he biggest thr

ill 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 sti

              
ll the roughes

     
t thing on cam

pus,
              
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 courth

ouse,
              
And white ligh

              
tnin's still t

            
he biggest thr

        
ill of all

           
In Muskogee, O

        
klahoma, USA.

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