Tuning: G C E A (G C E A) Intro: C F C G C Where 9 meets There's a single stop light town F And back when I was really young Am G Part of that burned down C On any given Friday night
We'd drive a hundred miles F Between the Sonic and the Grocery Store Am G Laughin' all the while Am G With as many friends as I could pack F In my daddy's Ford Am G F C But I ain't in Checotah anymore C My hotel in Manhattan F Holds more people than our town C And what I just paid for dinner G Would be a down payment on a house Am G I'd rather be tippin' cows in Tulsa F Then hailing cabs here in New York Am G F C But I ain't in Checotah anymore Chorus: F I'm in a world so wide C It makes me feel small sometimes Am G I miss the big blue skies F The Oklahoma kind C In a world of long red carpets F The bright lights of Hollywood C All the paparazzi flashin' G Can make a girl feel pretty good Am G You can get anything you want here F Except a Wal-Mart store Am G F C But I ain't in Checotah anymore Chorus: F I'm in a world so wide C It makes me feel small sometimes Am G I miss the big blue skies F The Oklahoma kind G Where the Wildcats beat the Ironheads Old Settler's day and the Okrafest After prom down at the bowling lanes Catchin' crappy fish in Eufaula lake Am G F Fsus4 I ain't in Checotah anymore F C Fsus4 F G Oh Yeah Chorus: F I'm in a world so wide C It makes me feel small sometimes Am G I miss the big blue skies F The Oklahoma kind Am G F But I ain't in Checotah Am G F No I ain't in Checotah Am G F Oh there's nothing like Oklahoma C Where 9 meets There's a single stoplight town