Okie From Muskoge Chords
Okie From Muskoge by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, E and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
This is the intro to the oringinal recording of Okie From Muskogee.
It would start in E and modulate to F after the chorus.
e--0--0--0------0--0----------------0----------------------
b------------4---4------5----5--4-5--5-4---4---------------
g-1--2--3--4--4---4-4/6--6-6-------------6----4--2--1------
d---------------------------------------------6--4--2------
a----------------------------------------------------------
e----------------------------------------------------------
This is some of the fills they would use after it modulates to F.
You want to rake the chords.
(fill 1) (fill 2) (fill 3)
e-5-6-8--------- e--------------- e---------8-10-12------
d-6------x8^pbr6 b-5-6-8--------- b-5-6-8---8------------
g-5------------- g-5------x7pbr5- g-5-------9------------
d--------------- d-5------------- d-5-------10-----------
a--------------- a--------------- a----------------------
e--------------- e--------------- e----------------------
Forgive me if this isn't perfect, i'm doing this by memory.
Merle starts this in D and kicks up to E now and that's the
way we do it and there is no intro.
There is another fill they play now after the third one when
they go back into F or E(whatever key you play it in).
Be sure and let all the notes ring.
e----------------------
b-5-6--6----------6----
g-------5-7p5-----5----
d-------------8p5-5h7--
a----------------------
e----------------------