Wanderin Oakie
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste:
4th traste
"Wanderin' Oakie" - Eddie Noack
Not issued as a single, recorded 1955
Track 5 of 16 on the album "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1985)
Track 3 of 35 on the compilation album "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes [Disc 3]" (2012)
Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93h0_TpkfYs
Alternate chord option: capo on 4th fret, transpose -4
[Intro]
B7 E G#
[Chorus]
C#m
Wandering Oakie, won't you wander back
E B7 E G#
Back to your girl?
C#m
Wandering Oakie, won't you wander back?
E B7 E
There's no one else for me in this world
B7 E
For years and years, I waited
F#7 B7 G#
And I know I always will, so
C#m
Wandering Oakie, won't you wander back
E B7 E G#
To your girl in the Oklahoma hills?
[Guitar Solo]
C#m
E B7 E G#
C#m
E B7 E
[Fiddle Solo]
B7 E
F#7 B7 G#
C#m
E B7 E
[Bridge]
B7 E
Back in the Indian nation
B7 E
Far, far away
B7 E
There lives an Indian maiden
F#7 B7 G#
Who sings this song each day
[Chorus]
C#m
Wandering Oakie, won't you wander back
E B7 E G#
Back to your girl?
C#m
Wandering Oakie, won't you wander back?
E B7 E
There's no one else for me in this world
B7 E
For years and years, I waited
F#7 B7 G#
And I know I always will, so
C#m
Wandering Oakie, won't you wander back
E B7 E
To your girl in the Oklahoma hills?
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