california okie Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]Sta[G]ndi[D]n' [G]by [D]a cotton[G]
[D]field a little north of [G]Bakersfield
[D]Valley heat and dust
likin' [A]to choke me
[D]Tryin' hard to [G]thumb a ride
[D]holdin' up my wea[G]ry pride
[D]I'm just a homesick [A]California [D]Okie
Well just to keep from [G]gettin' down

[Verse 2]
[D]
I remembered sit[G]tin' 'round
That [D]old wood stove in
Mama's country [A]kitchen
[D]And every car that pas[G]ses by
[D]I cuss and tell mysel[G]f that I
Can't [D]get back home nor
[A]anywhere's by [D]hitchin'

[Verse 3]
And I [G]wish I'd never [A]left old [D]Oklahoma
[Bm]I never had no money
but at [E]least I had [A]a wife
She [G]begged me not [A]to leave
old Ok[D]lahoma
[Bm]I never had no money there at
[A]least we [G]had a life
[D][G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
[D]When the sun's a goi[G]n' down
[D]Needles ain't no kin[G]d'a town
For a [D]guy like me to be
in broke and walk[A]in'
[D]'Cause if a cop should hap[G]pen by
[D]ten to one he'[G]d stop and I
Ain't [D]in no mood to [A]do no
fancy talk[D]in'
I reckon I'd be [G]out[D]ta state but only
if I'd caught [G]a freight
Back in [D]Bakersfield but somethin'
wouldn't [A]let me[D]
Well if you believe in [G]Okie's God
[D]give this country boy a n[G]od
Or [D]send some kinda An
[A]gel here [D]to get me

[Verse 5]
And I [G]wish I'd never [A]left old [D]Oklahoma
[Bm]I never had no money there
at [E]least I had [A]a wife
She [G]begged me not to
[A]leave old [D]Oklahoma
[Bm]I never had no money there
at [A]least we had [G]a life
[Bm]Never had no money there
at [A]least I had a wife
[G][D][G]