C
F
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
C
G7
It runs free and rambles muddy and wide
C
F
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
C
G7
C
It’s gone forever and never looks back
F
I met her in Stillwell she just turned twenty
C
G7
A spirited beauty like I’ve never known
C
F
And me a dirt farmer who lived by the river
C
G7
C
But she said she loved me and the free life I owned
F
We married in April and lived by the river
C
G7
We worked that land from spring till the fall
C
F
But I guess when the winter howled at our window
C
G7
C
She couldn’t help hearing that wild river call
C
F
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
C
G7
It runs free and rambles muddy and wide
C
F
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
C
G7
C
It’s gone forever and never looks back
F
She tried to conquer that wild rage within her
C
G7
But something too strong ran deep in her soul
C
F
But I know she loved me she cried like a baby
C
G7
C
That cold winter evening she answered the call
C
F
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
C
G7
It runs free and rambles muddy and wide
C
F
Where the Arkansas River leaves Oklahoma
C
G7
C
It’s gone forever and never looks back
C
F
G7
