Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Intro: A7 D A7 Verse 1: D D7 G E7 Many months have come and gone since I wandered from my home A A7 D A In those Oklahoma hills where I was born D D7 G E7 Many a page of life has turned, many a lesson I have learned A A7 D A7 Well I feel like in those hills I still belong
Chorus: D D7 G E7 Away down yonder in the Indian Nation I rode my pony on the reservation A A7 D A In the Oklahoma hills where I was born D D7 G E7 Away down yonder in the Indian Nation a cowboy's life is my occupation A A7 D A In the Oklahoma hills where I was born Verse 2: D D7 G E7 But as I sit here today, many miles I am away A A7 D A7 From the place I rode my pony through the draw D D7 G E7 Where the oak and black-jack trees kiss the playful prairie breeze A A7 D A7 In those Oklahoma hills where I was born Chorus: D D7 G E7 Away down yonder in the Indian Nation I rode my pony on the reservation A A7 D A In the Oklahoma hills where I was born D D7 G E7 Away down yonder in the Indian Nation a cowboy's life is my occupation A A7 D A7 In the Oklahoma hills where I was born Instrumental: D D7 G E7 A A7 D A7 D Edim7 A A7 D Verse 3: D D7 G E7 Now as I turn life a page to the land of the great Osage A A7 D A In those Oklahoma hills where I was born D D7 G E7 Where the black oil rolls and flows and the snow white cotton grows A A7 D A7 In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born Chorus: D D7 G E7 Away down yonder in the Indian Nation I rode my pony on the reservation A A7 D In the Oklahoma hills where I was born D D7 G E7 Away down yonder in the Indian Nation a cowboy's life is my occupation A A7 D In the Oklahoma hills where I was born Outro: A7 D Dmaj7 In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born