Standard (EADGBE)

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Intro

Verse 1

he’s been trying with limited suc cess

to get this girl let him get into her dress

but every time he thinks he’s g etting close

she threatens death before he gets a chance

Chorus

and that’s the way it is in Minne sota

that’s the way it is in Okla homa

that’s the way it’s been since proto zoa

first climbed onto the shores of Cali fornia

Verse 2

she’s been trying with limited suc cess

to get him to turn out the lights and dance

cause like a--ny girl all she really wants

is that fickle little bitch ro mance

that fickle little bitch ro mance

Verse 3

and that is why a girl is called a te ase

and that is why a guy is called a sl eaze

and that’s why god made escort a gencies

one life to live and mace and G HB

Chorus

and that’s the way it is in Minne sota

that’s the way it is in Okla homa homa

that’s the way since the animals and Noah

first climbed onto shores of Cali fornia

Middle 8

must not be too kind

stop thinking love is blind

clench your fists, yeah right

"she's just not my type"

Verse 4

why all these conflicting spe-ci-fi-ca- tions

maybe to prevent over—-popu---la- tion

all I know is that all around the nation

the girls are cryin' the boys are m asturbatin’

the girls are cryin’ the boys are m asturbatin’

Chorus

and that’s the way it is in Minne sota

that’s the way it is in Okla homa homa

that’s the way Aristophanes and Homer

wrote the Illiad and Lysistrata

that’s the way it is in Minne sota

that’s the way it is in Okla homa homa

that’s the way since the ancient proto zoa

first climbed onto the shores of California