Tulsa Town

Em Em G They came from just a mile away Am C From just across the town today Am C And look at what they’ve got to say B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G Well, they’re burning down the mercantile Am C Houses falling in a pile Am C I guess I’ll just watch a while B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Am Em Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down B7 Em Ashes falling on the ground Am C If you build it up, they’ll break it down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G Yesterday we’d both agree Am C What’s this got to do with me? Am C If they’d just, sweet lord, let me be B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G But they never listened to my plea Am C And tied me to this hanging tree Am C But that’s the way it goes you see B7 Em When they’re burning Tulsa down Am Em Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down B7 Em Ashes falling on the ground Am C If you build it up, they’ll break it down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G What the hell’d I do to you? Am C That made you do the things you do? Am C What question’s this the answer to? B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G And what a view I have today Am C Watching as the willows sway Am C Cinders falling black and grey B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Am Em Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down B7 Em Ashes falling on the ground Am C If you build it up, they’ll break it down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G Am C Am C B7 Em Em G Now the story’s going round Am C That I brought these men to Tulsa Town Am C That I caused all this burning down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G Not a word of that is true Am C But what am I supposed to do Am C Hanging from this point of view? B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Am Em Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down B7 Em Ashes falling on the ground Am C If you build it up, they’ll break it down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G But the fire grew wider than they meant it to Am C And burned their houses through and through Am C That’s what fires will tend to do B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Em G And all the ashes look the same Am C Falling through the smoke and rain Am C Swirling down the city drain B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Am Em Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down B7 Em Ashes falling on the ground Am C If you build it up, they’ll break it down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town Am Em Well, Tulsa town is burnin’ down B7 Em Ashes falling on the ground Am C If you build it up, they’ll break it down B7 Em Here in Tulsa Town