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Date: 2/9/98; 10:45:16 AM
From: "Thomas Rivers" <tprivers@worldnet.att.net>
Subject: you're The Reason God Made Oklahoma by  David Frizzell & Shelly West

Here's what I remember of You're The Reason God Made Oklahoma.  Please note
that this is the way I do it, but I seem to remember that the chord
progression in the written music was somehow different.  However, I believe
this is how it was on the record.

                        YOU'RE THE REASON GOD MADE OKLAHOMA
(Man sings)
 C        Em        F                C               G7         C
There's a full moon over Tulsa and I hope that it's shining on you
  C                  Em              F                         C  
 Nights are gettin' colder here  in Cherokee County there's a blue
         G7       C
norther passin' through
    C            Em          F                        C        G7    
I remember green eyes and a rancher's daughter but remember is all that I
C
do
 C          Em    F                       C           G7     C
Losin' you left a purty good cowboy, with nothin' to hold on to.

F                                                                          
Sundown came and I drove to town to drink a drink or two
(Duet, man sings lead)
 C         Em               F          C         Em              F       
You're the reason  God made Oklahoma, you're the reason God made Oklahoma
    C         G7     C          C        G7      C           D7 
And I'm sure missin' you.   And I'm sure missin' you.

Play this chord progression as intro to next section:
   G      Bm      C     D7-C       G     Bm     C     D7-C
(Woman sings)
 G           Bm               C                  G         D7         G
Out here the city lights outshine the moon I was just now thinkin' of you
  G                Bm                 C                     G    
Sometimes when the wind blows you can see the mountains and all the way to
D7   G
Malibu
G            Bm          C                 G                D7  
Everyone's a star here in L.A. county you ought to see the things that they
G
do
G               Bm          C              G                  G7       G   
     
All the cowboys down on the Sunset Strip,  wishin' they could be like you.
  C         
Santa Monica Freeway sometimes makes a country girl blue
(Duet, woman sings lead)
  G        Bm              C          G          Bm              C  
you're the reason God made Oklahoma,  you're the reason God made Oklahoma
    G        D7      G          A7
And I'm sure missin' you  
Play this chord progression as intro to next section:
  D      F#m     G     A7-G       D    F#m     G      A7-G
(Man sings)
 D           F#m        G                         D          A7      D
I worked ten hours on a John Deere tractor, just thinkin' of you all day
(Woman sings)
      D      F#m       G                  D         A7    D
Got a calico cat and a two-room flat on a street in West L.A.
(Duet,man sings lead)
  D        F#m             G         D          F#m             G
You're the reason God made Oklahoma, you're the reason God made Oklahoma
    D        A7       D         D        A7      D
And I'm sure missin' you.   And I'm sure missin' you.





Tom Rivers, Sr.
tprivers@worldnet.att.net
http://www.pagoo.com/cgi-bin/me.d11?10937748