(verse 1) 
D 
I left Oklahoma driving in a pontiac, 
                      A                                   
Just about to lose my mind, 
 
I was going to Arizona maybe on to California, 
                            D 
Were the people all live so fine, 
 
My baby said I was crazy, 
 
My moma called me lazy, 
                             A 
I was gonna show'em all this time, 
 
Cause you know I ain't no fooling, 
 
I don't need no more school'in, 
                             D 
I was born to just walk the line, 
                                             

 
Refrão -------------
D                                      A 
Livin on Tulsa time, livin on Tulsa time, 
 
Well you know I've been through it, 
 
When I set my watch back to it,  
                 D           
Livin on Tulsa time,
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(lead - D - A - D) 
 
 
(verse 2) 
D 
Where there I was in Hollywood, 
 
Wishing I was doing good, 
                      A 
Talking on telephone line, 
 
But they don't need me in the movies, 
 
And nobody sings my songs, 
                       D 
Guess I'm just wasting time, 
 
Well then I got to thinking, 
 
Man I'm really sinking, 
                              A 
And I really had a flash this time, 
 
I had no business leaving, 
 
And nobody would be grieving, 
                            D 
If I went on back to tulsa time, 
 
 
(chorus)                                             
D                                      A 
Livin on Tulsa time, livin on Tulsa time, 
 
Well you know I've been through it, 
 
When I set my watch back to it,  
                 D           
Livin on Tulsa time, 
 
 
(chorus)                                             
D                                      A 
Livin on Tulsa time, livin on Tulsa time, 
 
Well you know I've been through it, 
 
When I set my watch back to it,  
                 D           
Livin on Tulsa time, 
 
 
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