Biography:
As childhood best friends and band mates growing up in Denver, Colorado, Joe Mailander and Justin Lansing dreamed of being professional singer-songwriters. Then, one day (poof!) they were all grown up and playing their music on the scene. After years of touring the Midwest with their bluegrass band, Joe and Justin decided to keep their folk roots, but return to where it all began: childhood imagination. That’s when they moved to Minneapolis to start their “kindie” band called The Okee Dokee Brothers.
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[Verse]
C F C
Peter Pan could never understand
Am G G7
Why Wendy Darling wanted more than Neverland
C F C
But a lost boy always makes it on his own
Am G G7
So he never grew up and he ended up alone
F G C Am
But I would rather have you sittin' here next to me
D7 G G7
Telling bedtime stories and singing harmony
C Am F G
Because that river is deep and that river is wide
C Am F G
And I'm a gonna need you child to be my guide
F C F C
And if we're gonna make it to the other side
E7 F G C
It's gonna take more than just coming along for ride
C F C
When Odysseus sailed to sea
Am G G7
He left behind Penelope
C F C
She waited years, patiently
Am G G7
For him to come back from his Odyssey
F G C Am
But I would rather have you sittin' here next to me
D7 G G7
Lookin' at the map and tellin' us where we oughta to be
C F C
Tom Sawyer loved Becky Thatcher
Am G G7
And he spent his days tryin' catch her
C F C
But When Huck Finn came on the scene
Am G G7
Tom left Becky waiting up stream
F G C Am
But I would rather have you sittin' here next to me
D7 G G7
Makin' hollyhock dolls under a cherry tree
[Outro]
F Fm C
C F C
Peter Pan could never understand
Am G G7
Why Wendy Darling wanted more than Neverland
C F C
But a lost boy always makes it on his own
Am G G7
So he never grew up and he ended up alone
F G C Am
But I would rather have you sittin' here next to me
D7 G G7
Telling bedtime stories and singing harmony
C Am F G
Because that river is deep and that river is wide
C Am F G
And I'm a gonna need you child to be my guide
F C F C
And if we're gonna make it to the other side
E7 F G C
It's gonna take more than just coming along for ride
C F C
When Odysseus sailed to sea
Am G G7
He left behind Penelope
C F C
She waited years, patiently
Am G G7
For him to come back from his Odyssey
F G C Am
But I would rather have you sittin' here next to me
D7 G G7
Lookin' at the map and tellin' us where we oughta to be
C F C
Tom Sawyer loved Becky Thatcher
Am G G7
And he spent his days tryin' catch her
C F C
But When Huck Finn came on the scene
Am G G7
Tom left Becky waiting up stream
F G C Am
But I would rather have you sittin' here next to me
D7 G G7
Makin' hollyhock dolls under a cherry tree
[Outro]
F Fm C
The Only Ones
The Onvipe Band
The Oobi Band
The Open Mind
The Open Sea