Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) 🎸 Intro: G C D G D 🎸 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
🎸 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 🎸 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 🎸 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 🎸 Instrumental: G C D G D G C D G 🎸 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 🎸 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