Biography:
Bishop Allen is an American indie rock band which formed in Brooklyn, New York, United States in 2003. The band's core members are Justin Rice and Christian Rudder, who are supported both on stage and in the studio by a rotating cast of musicial collaborators. Currently the band consists of Justin Rice (vocals, guitar), Christian Rudder (guitar), Darbie Nowatka-Rice (keyboards, violin), Keith Poulson (bass) and Michael Tapper (drums). Tapper is a former member of the indie rock band We Are Scientists.
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Other songs:
- Butterfly Nets
- Click Click Click Click
- The News From Your Bed
- Abe Lincoln
- Another Wasted Night
- Bishop Allen Drive
- Chinatown Bus
- Choose Again
- Corazon
- Coupla Easy Things
- Dimmer
- Dirt On Your New Shoes
- Dont Hideaway
- Flight 180
- Like Castanets
- Little Black Ach
- No Show
- Oklahoma
- Penitentiary Bound
- Queen Of The Rummage Sale
- Rain
- Shanghaied
- Shrinking Violet
- Start Again
- Tea For Two
- The Ancient Commonsense Of Things
- The Bullet Big D
- The Monitor
- True Or False
- Why I Had To Go
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Bishop Allen
Oklahoma
Grrr...
Intro:
C
Verse:
C G C
I was found out in the rushes.
C G C
Like a can of paint and old paintbrushes.
F Am G C
Like a ribbon wrapped around a small latch key.
G F G C
Wicknor-Whatnot that's what you call me.
C
Verse:
C G C
I was sleeping on your patio.
C G C
Listening to your brand new radio.
F Am G C
When you startled me aw-ake.
G F G C
I'm a man - I insist you insist on a piece of cake.
C
C, C, C, [G, C] - G is brief, as is in Chorus.
Chorus:
C
Head out west,
C
Stake that claim,
C G C
And forget everybody else's name,
C
I cant say,
C
Knew you well,
C G C
Lets pretend so we can begin again.
C, Am, G, C,
C, Am, C, C
Verse:
N.C. C
You've got eyes like Oklahoma.
C G C
Learned to swim in Lake Texoma.
F Am G C
Chances are you plan to leave too soon.
G F G C
Oklahoma that's what I'll call you!
Verse:
C G C
When you're left with nowhere else to go.
C G C
Try and get me on my telephone.
F Am G C
And you'll find I threw it in a lake.
G F G C
You're a man - You insist I insist on a piece of cake.
C, C, C, [G, C] - G is brief, as is in Chorus.
Chorus:
C
Head out west,
C
Stake that claim,
C G C
And forget everybody else's name,
C
I cant say,
C
Knew you well,
C G C
Lets pretend so we can begin again.
C, Am, G, C,
C, Am, C, C
End on C.
Oklahoma
Grrr...
Intro:
C
Verse:
C G C
I was found out in the rushes.
C G C
Like a can of paint and old paintbrushes.
F Am G C
Like a ribbon wrapped around a small latch key.
G F G C
Wicknor-Whatnot that's what you call me.
C
Verse:
C G C
I was sleeping on your patio.
C G C
Listening to your brand new radio.
F Am G C
When you startled me aw-ake.
G F G C
I'm a man - I insist you insist on a piece of cake.
C
C, C, C, [G, C] - G is brief, as is in Chorus.
Chorus:
C
Head out west,
C
Stake that claim,
C G C
And forget everybody else's name,
C
I cant say,
C
Knew you well,
C G C
Lets pretend so we can begin again.
C, Am, G, C,
C, Am, C, C
Verse:
N.C. C
You've got eyes like Oklahoma.
C G C
Learned to swim in Lake Texoma.
F Am G C
Chances are you plan to leave too soon.
G F G C
Oklahoma that's what I'll call you!
Verse:
C G C
When you're left with nowhere else to go.
C G C
Try and get me on my telephone.
F Am G C
And you'll find I threw it in a lake.
G F G C
You're a man - You insist I insist on a piece of cake.
C, C, C, [G, C] - G is brief, as is in Chorus.
Chorus:
C
Head out west,
C
Stake that claim,
C G C
And forget everybody else's name,
C
I cant say,
C
Knew you well,
C G C
Lets pretend so we can begin again.
C, Am, G, C,
C, Am, C, C
End on C.
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