[Intro]
[Strophe]
A 
I left Oklahoma, Driving in a pontiac 
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Just about to lose my mind. 
N.C. 
I was going to Arizona, Maybe on to california 
                          A 
Where people all live so fine. 
N.C. 
My mother says I’m crazy, my baby calls me lazy 
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But I’m gonna show them all this time 
N.C. 
’cause you know I ain’t no fool and i don’t need no more damn schoolin’ 
                             A 
I was born to just walk the line.
[Refrain]
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Living on tulsa time, Living on tulsa time 
N.C. 
Gonna set my watch back to it 
                                                            A 
’cause you know that I’ve been through it, living on tulsa time
[Strophe]
N.C. 
So there I was in hollywood, thinking I was doing good 
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Talking on the telephone line 
  
They don’t want me in the movies and nobody sings my songs, 
                              A 
My mama says my baby’s doing fine. 
N.C. 
So then I started winking, then I started thinking, 
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That I really had a flash this time 
N.C. 
That I had no business leaving, and nobody would be grieving, 
                      A 
You see I’m on tulsa time.
[Refrain]
                                      E7 
Living on tulsa time, Living on tulsa time 
N.C. 
Gonna set my watch back to it 
                                                            A 
’cause you know that I’ve been through it, living on tulsa time