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Home, Sweet Oklahoma


D A E7 A A Down by the Canadian River, E Early one morning in spring. A I wondered what I might give her E A To go with a gold wedding ring. D A The land that my granddaddy fought for, D A The land where my two parents lie. D A A piece of my sweet Oklahoma, E A A home for my sweetheart and I. D A Here, in home, sweet Oklahoma, B7 E How sweet it can be. D A And home, sweet Oklahoma, E7 A Is home, sweet home to me.

Granddaddy came down from Kansas,
Back in those Cimarron days.
He met my grandma in Guthrie
And gave up his roustabout ways.
He bought him some land by the river,
He raised him some cattle and corn.
He built him a house in the cottonwood grove,
And that's where my daddy was born.

Here, in home, sweet Oklahoma,
How sweet it can be.
And home, sweet Oklahoma,
Is home, sweet home to me.

And now I wake up after midnight.
I quietly slip from my bed.
I go out and stand in the meadow,
And I gaze at the stars overhead.
The pale moon is high in the heavens
So bright that the stars disappear.
I thank God for my sleeping family.
I thank God for putting me here.

Here, in home, sweet Oklahoma,
How sweet it can be.
And home, sweet Oklahoma,
Is home, sweet home to me.
Oh, home, sweet Oklahoma,
Is home, sweet home to me.

(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1990)


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