Written by Michael Dulaney/Neil Thrasher
Verso: G A couple guys in first class on a flight Bm From new York to Los Angeles, Kinda making small talk killing time, C Flirting with the flight attendants, Am 30, 000 feet above, could be Oklahoma, G Just a bunch of square cornfields and wheat farms, Bm Man it all looks the same, Miles and miles of back roads and highways, C Connecting little towns with funny names, Am D Who'd want to live down there in the middle of nowhere,hide this tabE|---7------| B|-----8----| G|-------7--| D|----------| 5x A|----------| E|----------|Verso 2: G Bm I bet that mile long Santa Fe freight train engineer's seen it all C Just like that flatbed cowboy stacking US steel on a 3-day haul Road and rails under their feet Am D Yeah that sounds like a first class seat Refrão: Em C On the plains of Oklahoma G Where the windshield sunset in your eyes D B7 Like a watercolor painted sky Em C You'd think heavens doors have opened D You'll understand why god made C Those fly over statesEm C They've never drove through Indiana, G Met the men who plowed that earth, D B7 Planted that seed, busted his ass for you and me, Em C Or caught a harvest moon in Kansas, D C They'd understand why god made those fly over statesEm C Take a ride across the badlands G Feel that freedom on your face D B7 Breathe in all that open space Em C Meet a girl from Amarillo D You'll understand why god made C Why you'd want to plant your stakes D In those fly over stateshide this tab(Solo) (Base Em C G D B7) E|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|--2/9--11/12/9--11/12/7----------2/4-----| D|-------------------------2/4-4-2---------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|hide this tabE|---7------| B|-----8----| G|-------7--| D|----------| 5x A|----------| E|----------| Base : Em C G D B7 Never drove through Indiana ... E|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|--2/9--11/12/9--11/12/7----------2/4-----| D|-------------------------2/4-4-2---------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| On the palins of oklahoma ... E|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|--2/9--11/12/9--11/12/7----------2/4-----| D|-------------------------2/4-4-2---------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------| Take a ride ... E|-----------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------| G|--2/9--11/12/9--11/12/7----------2/4-----| D|-------------------------2/4-4-2---------| A|-----------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------|