INTRO:
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VERSE:
GFG
John Oaks is in the neighborhood
GFG
Protecting all the trees
GFG
He's the master of irrigation
GFG
And he knows what he sees
VERSE:
GFG
Grape farmers watering everywhere
GFG
Pipes running where they please
GFG
John sees his laws are broken
GFG
Trees drowning where they breathe
VERSE:
GFG
Now John used to be a mellow man
GFG
Drinking Chai and smoking weed
GFG
Ain't no one in the county
GFG
Ever see'd whatever he see'd
CHORUS:
GEE7
John Oaks,
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John Oaks,
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John Oaks,
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John Oaks,
VERSE:
GFG
Old John rides in his pickup
GFG
With rakes and friends in the back
GFG
Workers he takes with him
GFG
Then he drives them all back
VERSE:
GFG
To protect them from the politicians
GFG
Using them to get ahead
GFG
Preying on the people
GFG
Trying to get inside their heads
VERSE:
GFG
John Oaks is really stand-up
GFG
He won't take shit lying down
GFG
He calls it like he sees it
GFG
And he puts his money down
CHORUS:
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
VERSE:
GFG
One day at the demonstration
GFG
John Oaks was standing up
GFG
He arrived there at the location
GFG
In his old pickup truck
VERSE:
GFG
Took a rake in his hand
GFG
And his workers by his side
GFG
Stood there waiting for his turn
GFG
To speak and turn the tide
VERSE:
GFG
When he found himself surrounded
GFG
By police everywhere
GFG
They tried to take his workers to jail
GFG
When he grabbed one by his hair
CHORUS:
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
VERSE:
GFG
Shots rang out and people yelled
GFG
As the police took control
GFG
Shot a black man right where he fell
GFG
With a sniper on the knoll
VERSE:
GFG
John Oaks saw law and order
GFG
Was leading him astray
GFG
Tried to get back in his pickup
GFG
With his workers to get away
VERSE:
GFG
That's when the police moved in
GFG
And stood there in his way
GFG
John started up his pickup
GFG
And that was his last day
CHORUS:
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
GEE7
John Oaks,
INSTRUMENTAL/G O:
FGFGFGFCG
VERSE:
GFG
They said he had a pistol
GFG
When the old pickup backfired
GFG
And shot him there behind the wheel
GFG
And then John Oaks expired
VERSE:
GFG
The workers grabbed the rakes
GFG
And that's all that I can say
GFG
They went to the cemetery
GFG
And they stay there to this day
CHORUS:
GEE7
John Oaks,
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John Oaks,
EE7
John Oaks,
EE7
John Oaks,
John Oaks
OUTRO:
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John Oaks,
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John Oaks,
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John Oaks,
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John Oaks,