Key: D
Introduction:
D A E D
She said 85 years have fairly flown
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They called me last night said my brother passed on
D A E D
I cried for a while and stared at the wall
D A E A
?Cause there?s no one I know left in Arkansas
E D
I can still see the five of us climb out the window
F#m E
To lay on the porch roof that night, in the summer time
E D
Mama would line us all up on a Saturday
F#m E
To each have our turn in the tub
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She said that was Arkansas
A D A E D
When she was young we had kerosene nights and innocent days
D A E F#m
Never dreamed we all would go separate ways
D A E D
But with each passing or a baby came a long distance call
D A E A
And we?d all make the trip back to Arkansas
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I could still see my brothers in the faces of old man
F#m E
We talked about horses and things we were missing
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Like the smell of a hay field the slow rolling thunder
F#m E
And thinking that nothing would change
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Yeah just like Arkansas
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In her younger days she said time is a river that rolls on forever
A E
You can't stop at the shore line to admire the view
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So you pack up your memories, pressed them like flowers
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?Till all that is left here is you
E D A
And Arkansas
E D
She still can hear the song of a Whip-poor-will, calling her,
F#m E
The wind as he whispers her name in the evening
E D
And mama still beautiful and graceful, a sunshine
F#m E
And daddy is handsome and strong
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Yeah just like Arkansas, yeah her Arkansas
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Yeah that was Arkansas