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The Kid From Spavinaw by Tom Russell

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  • Capo on 5th
CAPO: 5

Intro: Chord diagramC majorC

verse 1
         Chord diagramFF
I was born in Oklahoma
        Chord diagramC majorC
Nineteen thirty-one
          Chord diagramFF
Outside the town of Spavinaw
               Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramFF
Where the red dust clouds the sun
            Chord diagramG+G
And I ran beneath your diamond skies
   Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramFF
And I drank your waves of grain
   Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramA minorAm
My name is Mickey Mantle, boys
  Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramG+G
And baseball is my game
verse 2
  Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramFF
My father's name was 'Mutt', boy
              Chord diagramC majorC
And he worked down in the mines
            Chord diagramFF
He pitched to me in the evening
          Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramFF
At least a thousand times
         Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA thousand times again
   Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramFF
In my nightmare and my dreams
       Chord diagramE minorEm           Chord diagramA minorAm
You're gonna live in the house that Ruth built, kid
       Chord diagramBb majorBb        Chord diagramG+G
You're gonna make that Yankee team


verse 3
   Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramFF
Sure enough, the Yankee scout comes driving
         Chord diagramC majorC
Right down Route 66
            Chord diagramFF
He'd have never come to Spavinaw
          Chord diagramC majorC
Class Chord diagramD MajorD ball in the sticks
   Chord diagramFF              Chord diagramG+G
But I happened to be playing in an old wood ballpark
    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF
Way out on the Mother Road
   Chord diagramE minorEm       Chord diagramA minorAm
That Yankee scout he signed me
   Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramG+G
And I went up to the show
verse 4
    Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramFF
Strike 1, that was the drinking
            Chord diagramC majorC
Strike 2, there go the knees
            Chord diagramFF
Then my old man died in Denver
          Chord diagramC majorC
Some type of lung disease
   Chord diagramFF          Chord diagramG+G
When god starts throwing changeups
     Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramFF
You can't swing with fame or wealth
    Chord diagramE minorEm         Chord diagramA minorAm
If I'd known I's gonna live this long
  Chord diagramBb majorBb       Chord diagramG+G
I'd taken care of myself


Instrumental
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC


Verse 5
              Chord diagramFF
I don't miss the lights of Times Square
              Chord diagramC majorC
I don't miss Toots Shore's bar
              Chord diagramFF
I miss my old man pitching baseball
             Chord diagramC majorC
Near the shed in our backyard
 Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G
I wish that he were still around
       Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramFF
To see these trophies on my shelf
     Chord diagramE minorEm            Chord diagramA minorAm
If I'd a-known I was going to live this long
  Chord diagramBb majorBb           Chord diagramG+G
I'd taken better care of myself


Outro:
   Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramFF
I was born in Oklahoma
        Chord diagramC majorC
Nineteen thirty-one
          Chord diagramFF
Outside the town of Spavinaw
               Chord diagramC majorC
Where the red dust clouds the sun

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