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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
πΈ Intro:
G C D G D
πΈ Verse 1:
G C
Many a month has come and gone since I've wandered from my home
D G D
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born
G C
Many a page of my life has turned, many lessons I have learned
D G
And I feel like in those hills where I belong
πΈ Chorus:
G C
Way down yonder on the Indian nation, riding my pony on the reservation
D G D
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
G C
Way down yonder on the Indian nation, a cowboy's life is my occupation
D G
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
πΈ Verse 2:
G C
But as I sit here today, many miles I am away
D G D
From the place I rode my pony through the draw
G C
Where the oak and black-jack trees kiss the playful prairie breeze
D G
And I feel back in those hills where I belong
πΈ Chorus:
G C
Way down yonder on the Indian nation, riding my pony on the reservation
D G D
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
G C
Way down yonder on the Indian nation, a cowboy's life is my occupation
D G
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
πΈ Instrumental:
G C D G D
G C D G
πΈ Verse 3:
G C
Now as I turn life a page to the land of the great Osage
D G D
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born
G C
Where the black oil rolls and flows and the snow white cotton grows
D G
And I feel like in those hills where I belong
πΈ Chorus:
G C
Way down yonder on the Indian nation, riding my pony on the reservation
D G D
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
G C
Way down yonder on the Indian nation, a cowboy's life is my occupation
D G D G
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born
Song History
Published: July 28, 2021
Last Updated: September 10, 2025