My Oklahoma Home Blowed Away Chords & Lyrics - Pete Seeger

[D]When they opened up the strip I was [G]young and full of [D]zip,
I wanted some place to call my[A] home
And [D]so I made the race, and I [G]staked me out a [D]place,
And I settled down [A]along the Cima[D]rron

[G] [D]

It blowed away,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
My Oklahoma home, it blowed a[A]way
It [D]looked so green and fair when I [G]built my shanty [D]there,
But my Oklahoma [A]home, it blowed a[D]way

I [D]planted wheat and oats, had some [G]chickens and some [D]shoats,
[D]Aimed to have some ham and eggs to [A]feed my face
Got a [D]mule to pull the plow, got an [G]old red muley [D]cow
[D]And I also got a fancy [A]mortgage on the [D]place

It blowed a[G]way,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed a[D]way, (BLOWED AWAY!)
All the crops that I have planted blowed a[A]way
You [D]can't grow any grain if you [G]ain’t got any [D]rain;
Everything except my [A]mortgage blowed a[D]way

It [D]looked so green and fair, when I [G]built my shanty [D]there,
I figured I was all set for [A]life
I put [D]on my Sunday best with my [G]fancy scalloped [D]vest
And I went to town to [A]pick me out a [D]wife

It blowed a[G]way,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed a[D]way, (BLOWED AWAY!)
My Oklahoma woman blowed a[A]way
Mister [D]as I bent and kissed her, she was [G]picked up by a [D]twister;
My Oklahoma [A]woman blowed a[D]way

Then [D]I was left alone just a-[G]listenin' to the [D]moan
‘the [D]wind around the corners of my [A]shack;
So I [D]took off down the road [G]when the south wind [D]blowed,
A-travelin' with the [A]wind upon my [D]back

It blowed a[G]way, (BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed [D]away, (BLOWED AWAY!)
Chasin' that dust cloud up a[A]head
Once it [D]looked so green and fair, now [G]it's up there in the [D]air;
My Oklahoma [A]farm is over [D]head

Now I'm [D]always close to home it don’t [G]matter where I [D]roam,
For Oklahoma dust is every[A]where
Makes no [D]difference where I'm walkin', I can [G]hear my chickens [D]squawkin'
I can hear my wife a-[A]talkin' in the [D]air

It blowed a[G]way,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed a[D]way, (BLOWED AWAY!)
My Oklahoma home blowed a[A]way
But my [D]home is always near; it's up [G]in the atmos[D]phere,
My Oklahoma [A]home is blown a[D]way

I'm a [D]roamin' Oklahoman, but I'm [G]always close to [D]home
And I'll never get homesick until I [A]die
Cause no [D]matter where I'm found, my [G]home is all a[D]round;
My Oklahoma [A]home is in the [D]sky

It blowed a[G]way,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed a[D]way, (BLOWED AWAY!)
My farm down on the Cimar[A]ron
But [D]all around the world, wher[G]ever dust is [D]swirled,
There’s some from my [A]Oklahoma [D]home

It blowed a[G]way,(BLOWED AWAY!), it blowed a[D]way, (BLOWED AWAY!)
My Oklahoma home is blown a[A]way
Yeah it's [D]up there in the sky in that [G]dust cloud over n’ [D]by,
My Oklahoma [A]home is in the [D]sky
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