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C F Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma C G7 It Runs Free And Rambles Muddy And Wide C F Where The Arkansas River Leaves Oklahoma C G7 C It's Gone Forever And Never Looks Back C F I Met Her In Stillwell She Just Turned Twenty C G7 A Spirited Beauty Like I've Never Known C F And Me A Dirt Farmer Who Lived By The River C G7 C But She Said She Loved Me And The Free Life I Owned We Married In April And Lived By The River We Worked That Land From Spring Till The Fall But I Guess When The Winter Howled At Our Window She Couldn't Help Hearing That Wild River Call She Tried To Conquer That Wild Rage With-in Her But Something Too Strong Ran Deep In Her Soul But I Know She Loved Me She Cried Like A Baby That Cold Winter Evening She Answered The Call