The Henningsens – Arkansas chords

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         D    A        E      DShe said 85 years have fairly flown
    D               A             E             F#mThey called me last night said my brother passed on
  D          A          E             DI cried for a while and stared at the wall
               D        A         E        A‘Cause there’s no one I know left in Arkansas

      E                       DI can still see the five of us climb out the window
F#m                           ETo lay on the porch roof that night, in the summer time
E                      DMama would line us all up on a Saturday
F#m                          ETo each have our turn in the tub
                 DShe said that was Arkansas

     A                    D        A          E       DWhen she was young we had kerosene nights and innocent days
      D          A            E        F#mNever dreamed we all would go separate ways
              D            A           E             DBut with each passing or a baby came a long distance call
      D             A       E         AAnd we’d all make the trip back to Arkansas

        E                        DI could still see my brothers in the faces of old man
   F#m                     EWe talked about horses and things we were missing
        E                         DLike the smell of a hay field the slow rolling thunder
    F#m                         EAnd thinking that nothing would change
                  DYeah just like Arkansas

      A                      G                    BmIn her younger days she said time is a river that rolls on forever
    A                               EYou can’t stop at the shore line to admire the view
       G                      BmSo you pack up your memories, pressed them like flowers
     C                        B‘Till all that is left here is you
     E      D     AAnd Arkansas

    E                            DShe still can hear the song of a Whip-poor-will, calling her,
    F#m                     EThe wind as he whispers her name in the evening
    E                        DAnd mama still beautiful and graceful, a sunshine
    F#m                   EAnd daddy is handsome and strong
               D                  DYeah just like Arkansas, yeah her Arkansas
              DYeah that was Arkansas