Gadd9 = 3x0233
[Intro]
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G   Gadd9  (x4)
[Verse]
G 
 A couple guys in first class on a
 flight from new York to Los
 Angeles 
 A couple guys in first class on a flight from new York to Los Angeles 
Bm 
 Kinda making small talk killin time,
 flirtin with the flight attendants, 
 
 Kinda making small talk killin time, flirtin with the flight attendants,  
C                          Am 
 Thirty thousand feet above, could be
 Oklahoma,  
 Thirty thousand feet above, could be Oklahoma,  
G 
Just a bunch of square cornfields and
 wheat farms, man it all looks the
 same  
Just a bunch of square cornfields and wheat farms, man it all looks the same  
Bm 
 Miles and miles of back roads and
 highways,  
 Miles and miles of back roads and highways,  
                                  
Connecting little towns with funny
      C 
 names,  
Connecting little towns with funny names,  
                             Am     
Who'd want to live down there in the
               D 
 middle of nowhere,
Who'd want to live down there in the middle of nowhere,
[Chorus]
               Em                C 
They've never drove through Indiana, 
 
They've never drove through Indiana,  
                  G 
Met the men who plowed that earth,  
                    D                
Planted that seed, busted his ass for
  B7 
 you and me,  
Planted that seed, busted his ass for you and me,  
             Em                C 
Or caught a harvest moon in Kansas, 
 
Or caught a harvest moon in Kansas,  
                    D               
They'd understand why God made those
     C 
 fly over states
They'd understand why God made those fly over states
[Verse]
G                             
 I bet that mile long Santa Fe
                              
 freight train engineer's seen
    Bm 
 it all 
 I bet that mile long Santa Fe freight train engineer's seen it all 
                             
Just like that flatbed cowboy
                         
 stacking U.S. steel on a
            C 
 three day haul 
Just like that flatbed cowboy stacking U.S. steel on a three day haul 
  
Road and rails under their feet 
Am                        D 
 Yeah that sounds like a first class
 seat
 Yeah that sounds like a first class seat
[Chorus]
         Em           C 
On the plains of Oklahoma  
             G 
With a windshield sunset in your eyes
 
With a windshield sunset in your eyes 
        D                B7 
Like a watercolor painted sky 
           Em                  C 
You'd think heavens doors have opened
 
You'd think heavens doors have opened 
                    D               
You'll understand why God made those
     C 
 fly over states
You'll understand why God made those fly over states
[Solo]
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[Chorus]
        Em               C       G 
Take a ride across the badlands feel
 that freedom on your face 
Take a ride across the badlands feel that freedom on your face 
   D                B7 
Breathe in all that open space 
        Em           C          
Meet a girl from Amarillo you'll
             D 
 understand why God made 
Meet a girl from Amarillo you'll understand why God made 
                  C                 
Might even want to plant your stakes
              G 
 in those fly over states
Might even want to plant your stakes in those fly over states
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[Outro]
               Em               C  
Have you ever been through Indiana,
   G     D  B7 
 
Have you ever been through Indiana, 
         Em           C     G     D 
On the plains of Oklahoma 
        Em     C     G     D 
Take a ride