OKLAHOMA HILLS^©

Live 28 Apr 2005 version

[LaFave]
Many a month has come and gone
Since I've wandered from my home
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born

Many a page of life has turned
Many lessons I have learned
And I know back in those hills I do belong

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ridin' my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

[Bruce and LaFave]
Way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

[Bruce]
But as I sit here today
Because of many miles I am away
From the place I rode my pony through the draw

Where the oak and black-jack trees
Kiss the playful prairie breeze
I feel back in those hills where I belong

[Bruce and LaFave]
Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ridin' my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

[Bruce]
Solo, Jimmy!

[Guitar solo by LaFave]

[LaFave]
As I turn life a page
In the land of the great Osage
In those Oklahoma Hills where I was born

[Bruce]
Hey!

[Bruce and LaFave]
Where the black oil rolls and flows
And the snow white cotton grows
I feel like in those hills where I belong

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ridin' my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

[Bruce]
???

[Bruce and LaFave]
Way down yonder in the Indian nation
Ridin' my pony on the reservation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

Way down yonder in the Indian nation
A cowboy's life is my occupation
In the Oklahoma Hills where I was born

[Bruce]
Here we go!

Page last updated: 05 Sep 2007

Words and music by Woody Guthrie and Jack Guthrie. Check out Woody Guthrie's original version for more details.

Bruce Springsteen played OKLAHOMA HILLS off-tour with Joe Ely and Arlo Guthrie, during a tribute to Woody Guthrie held on 29 Sep 1996 at Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH. The concert was billed as "Hard Traveling - A Benefit Concert",  and was a collaboration between the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame and the Woody Guthrie Archives.

Springsteen also played the song during the Devils & Dust Solo Acoustic tour with Jimmy LaFave, on 28 Apr 2005 at the Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX, and the above lyrics are for that version.

The last performance of the song was on 14 Jan 2006 at the World Financial Winter Garden, New York City, NY, during the "The Nebraska Project". Check out the live 14 Jan 2006 version for more details.

The above lyrics are for the live 28 Apr 2005 performance at the Nokia Theatre, Dallas, TX. Check also the live 14 Jan 2006 version and Woody Guthrie's original version.

Tickets scans taken from Brucebase.

Spoken intro to OKLAHOMA HILLS [Live 28 Apr 2005 version]:

Thank you. There always was uh, songwriters uh, I owe the dept to uh, when I got me a voice. I'm gonna bring a friend of mine out to help me with, to help me with this song. Come here LaFave, come on out!