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Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E
Tom Russell - The Kid From Spavinaw CAPO: 5th Fret [Intro] C [Verse 1]
I was born in OklaFhoma Nineteen thirty-Cone Outside the town of FSpavinaw Where the red dust clouds the Csun F And I ran beneath your Gdiamond skies And I Cdrank your waves of Fgrain My naEmme is Mickey AmMantle, boys And Bbbaseball is my Ggame
[Verse 2]
My Cfather's name was 'FMutt', boy And he worked down in the mCines He pitched to me in the Fevening At least a thousand Ctimes F A thousand times aGgain In my Cnightmare and my Fdreams You're gonna Emlive in the house that AmRuth built, kid You're gonna Bbmake that Yankee Gteam
[Verse 3]
Sure eCnough, the Yankee Fscout comes driving Right down Route 6C6 He'd have never come to FSpavinaw Class D ball in the Csticks But I Fhappened to be playing in an Gold wood ballpark Way out Con the Mother FRoad That EmYankee scout he Amsigned me And I Bbwent up to the Gshow
[Verse 4]
Strike C1, that was the Fdrinking Strike 2, there go the Cknees Then my old man died in FDenver Some type of lung diCsease When Fgod starts throwing Gchangeups You can't Cswing with fame or Fwealth If I'd Emknown I's gonna liveAm this long I'd Bbtaken care of myGself
[Instrumental] G C F C F C [Verse 5]
I don't miss the lights of FTimes Square I don't miss Toots Shore's Cbar I miss my old man pitching Fbaseball Near the shed in our backCyard I Fwish that he were Gstill around To see these Ctrophies on my Fshelf If I'd a-Emknown I was going to liveAm this long I'd Bbtaken better care of myGself
[Outro}
I was Cborn in OklaFhoma Nineteen thirty-Cone Outside the town of FSpavinaw Where the red dust clouds the Csun