Work Conquers All

	  		Verse: 1 
G 
This old town's 

Been a-bringin' me down 
    C                 G 
For what seems like a lifetime 
G 
I made a lot of noise 

Tryin' to find that voice 
D 
That I'd one day call mine 
G 
When I turned eighteen 
     C 
Granddaddy told me 
        G           D         C 
He said "Boy, you're the lost generation" 
G 
So I packed my bags 
     C 
With what little I had 
      D          C          G 
And I set out to prove him wrong 

 
                  C   G 
I'm headed out to Oklahoma 
C                         G 
Out with the dust and the wind 
C              G 
I got a funny feelin', baby 
      D 
That we're gonna fit right in 
G            C   G 
Out there in Oklahoma 
C                G 
I'll be standin' tall 
C                       G 
If anyone asks, you can find me out 
        D         C             G 
In the land where work conquers all 



Verse: 2 
G 
I turned my back 

And I got sidetracked 
         C                 G 
Before I ever hit Birmingham 
G 
It took a summer shoein' horses 

In northern Georgia 
   D 
To find out who I am 
        C             G 
I hit a hot streak in Biloxi 
                   C 
Lost it all by San Antone 
    G                    C 
But sooner or later that Sooner State's 
      D        C      G 
Gonna be where I call home 

 
                  C   G 
I'm headed out to Oklahoma 
C                         G 
Out with the dust and the wind 
C              G 
I got a funny feelin', baby 
      D 
That we're gonna fit right in 
G            C   G 
Out there in Oklahoma 
C                G 
I'll be standin' tall 
C                       G 
If anyone asks, you can find me out 
        D         C             G 
In the land where work conquers all 



Verse: 3 
G 
Thought I'd hit it big 

Out west on a rig 
          C                G 
But I's a couple years too late 
G 
So I got me some land 

Just north of Durant 
        D 
Hope it pays off big one day 
G 
What I found here 
      C 
Ain't easy 
       G                C 
But it suits me all the same 
   G                 C 
So look me up in the pages 
            D       C        G 
If you ever make it out this way 



                  C   G 
I'm headed out to Oklahoma 
C                         G 
Out with the dust and the wind 
C              G 
I got a funny feelin', baby 
      D 
That we're gonna fit right in 
G            C   G 
Out there in Oklahoma 
C                G 
I'll be standin' tall 
C                       G 
If anyone asks, I found my path 
        D         C             G 
In the land where work conquers all 
       D          C              G 
In the land where work conquers all