Chords for Arlo & Sarah Lee Guthrie May 28, 2011 at the Guthrie Center
Tempo:
136.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
Em
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Part of some of [B] the old songs my dad used to sing, some of the [D] old stories they used to tell.
And I remember [N] one in particular where they, him and Pete and others had gone to some union hall.
They were singing for a few nights or something like that and they went in and they did their show.
And after the show, a woman come out of the crowd and accosted my father.
She said, Mr.
Guthrie!
I mean, that was very nice, but none of the songs you guys were singing mentioned anything
about [Ebm] any of the women that are working just as hard as some of these guys along with them.
I belong to [C] the ladies auxiliary [Bb] of the whatever union [Ebm] it was.
She was going on and on about it, you know, and everybody was [D] backing off.
They went home that night and my dad [Db] and Pete and others were contributing.
They wrote a song that went [D] something like this.
[D] There once was a union maid [G] that never [D] was afraid.
[A] Well, the good things [D] of company, thanks to the good [E] that he shared,
[B] made the race [D] to the union hall [G] where the meeting [D] was called.
[A] And when the governor's mother come around, [A] she always stood [D] her ground.
Said, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the [D] union.
[G] No, you can't scare me, I'm [D] sticking to the union.
I'm sticking [A] to the union till the [D] day I die.
Now this union maid was wise to [G] the tricks of the [D] company's spies.
She never was fooled by the company's tools.
She [E] always organized the guys.
She always got her way [G] when she struck for hire [D]
pain.
[A] She'd show her card to the governor's guard.
[A] This is what [D] she'd say.
No, [G] you can't scare me, I'm sticking to [D] the union.
I'm sticking to the [A] union.
[D] I'm sticking to the union.
No, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union till the day I die.
So they went back the next night, and they sang their new song.
And they thought they [Am] did all right.
[G] And the same woman come out of the crowd again.
She [Ebm] said, Mr.
[Eb] Governor, that was a very nice song,
but it didn't mention the ladies auxiliary.
And so he wrote her a song on the [D] spot.
Oh, the ladies auxiliary is a good auxiliary.
About the best [G] auxiliary that you ever get [D] to see.
So if you need an auxiliary, find the ladies auxiliary.
[B] That's the ladies auxiliary.
[N]
Sara Lee, you're up here.
[Gm]
This [Db] is fun.
[G] We don't actually have a set [Db] idea of what we're going to do.
I wrote down some songs that we might [G] know.
[N] And so I asked Sara Lee, I said, you're here tonight,
why don't you come up and sing a song or two or something like that.
And [A] she'd come up with [Db] one that we used to do.
Oh, geez, I don't know when the last time we [N] did this.
Oh, the last time or the first time?
Well, when was the first time?
1994.
Wow.
The last time we [D] did this.
Is it still in the E of D?
Yes, it's still in the E of D.
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
It's a song by Pink Seeger.
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
Taking down my [Bm] golden river,
[E] Sun and water, [A] home, [B] how they flow.
[D] Yet I was never alone.
Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I roam.
[D] And I was not far from home.
Sunlight [B] glancing on the [E] water,
Life and death [A] are all my own.
[D] Yet I [G] was [D] never alone.
Right where all [Bm] my sons [Em] and daughters,
Golden [A] sparklers in [B] the home,
[D] And I was not [A] far [D] from home.
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
Wandering down this [Bm] winding highway,
[Em] Travelers [A] from here and far,
[D] Yet I [G] was never [A] [D] alone.
Soaring on [Bm] the little [Em] byways,
Sighting all [A] the distant [B] stars,
[D] And I was not [A] far [D] from home.
Taking down [Bm] my golden river,
[Em] Sun and water, [A] all my [D] own.
Yet I [G] was never alone.
Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I [D] roam.
And I [G] was not [A] far [D] from home.
[Em] Yet I [A] was never [D] alone.
[Em] And I [A] was not far [D] from home.
[Bm] [Em]
[B] [D]
[N]
And I remember [N] one in particular where they, him and Pete and others had gone to some union hall.
They were singing for a few nights or something like that and they went in and they did their show.
And after the show, a woman come out of the crowd and accosted my father.
She said, Mr.
Guthrie!
I mean, that was very nice, but none of the songs you guys were singing mentioned anything
about [Ebm] any of the women that are working just as hard as some of these guys along with them.
I belong to [C] the ladies auxiliary [Bb] of the whatever union [Ebm] it was.
She was going on and on about it, you know, and everybody was [D] backing off.
They went home that night and my dad [Db] and Pete and others were contributing.
They wrote a song that went [D] something like this.
[D] There once was a union maid [G] that never [D] was afraid.
[A] Well, the good things [D] of company, thanks to the good [E] that he shared,
[B] made the race [D] to the union hall [G] where the meeting [D] was called.
[A] And when the governor's mother come around, [A] she always stood [D] her ground.
Said, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the [D] union.
[G] No, you can't scare me, I'm [D] sticking to the union.
I'm sticking [A] to the union till the [D] day I die.
Now this union maid was wise to [G] the tricks of the [D] company's spies.
She never was fooled by the company's tools.
She [E] always organized the guys.
She always got her way [G] when she struck for hire [D]
pain.
[A] She'd show her card to the governor's guard.
[A] This is what [D] she'd say.
No, [G] you can't scare me, I'm sticking to [D] the union.
I'm sticking to the [A] union.
[D] I'm sticking to the union.
No, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union till the day I die.
So they went back the next night, and they sang their new song.
And they thought they [Am] did all right.
[G] And the same woman come out of the crowd again.
She [Ebm] said, Mr.
[Eb] Governor, that was a very nice song,
but it didn't mention the ladies auxiliary.
And so he wrote her a song on the [D] spot.
Oh, the ladies auxiliary is a good auxiliary.
About the best [G] auxiliary that you ever get [D] to see.
So if you need an auxiliary, find the ladies auxiliary.
[B] That's the ladies auxiliary.
[N]
Sara Lee, you're up here.
[Gm]
This [Db] is fun.
[G] We don't actually have a set [Db] idea of what we're going to do.
I wrote down some songs that we might [G] know.
[N] And so I asked Sara Lee, I said, you're here tonight,
why don't you come up and sing a song or two or something like that.
And [A] she'd come up with [Db] one that we used to do.
Oh, geez, I don't know when the last time we [N] did this.
Oh, the last time or the first time?
Well, when was the first time?
1994.
Wow.
The last time we [D] did this.
Is it still in the E of D?
Yes, it's still in the E of D.
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
It's a song by Pink Seeger.
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
Taking down my [Bm] golden river,
[E] Sun and water, [A] home, [B] how they flow.
[D] Yet I was never alone.
Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I roam.
[D] And I was not far from home.
Sunlight [B] glancing on the [E] water,
Life and death [A] are all my own.
[D] Yet I [G] was [D] never alone.
Right where all [Bm] my sons [Em] and daughters,
Golden [A] sparklers in [B] the home,
[D] And I was not [A] far [D] from home.
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
[Bm] [Em]
[A] [D]
[G] [A] [D]
Wandering down this [Bm] winding highway,
[Em] Travelers [A] from here and far,
[D] Yet I [G] was never [A] [D] alone.
Soaring on [Bm] the little [Em] byways,
Sighting all [A] the distant [B] stars,
[D] And I was not [A] far [D] from home.
Taking down [Bm] my golden river,
[Em] Sun and water, [A] all my [D] own.
Yet I [G] was never alone.
Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I [D] roam.
And I [G] was not [A] far [D] from home.
[Em] Yet I [A] was never [D] alone.
[Em] And I [A] was not far [D] from home.
[Bm] [Em]
[B] [D]
[N]
Key:
D
A
G
Em
Bm
D
A
G
_ _ _ Part of some of [B] the old songs my dad used to sing, some of the [D] old stories they used to tell.
And I remember [N] one in particular where they, him and Pete and others had gone to some union hall.
They were singing for a few nights or something like that and they went in and they did their show.
And after the show, a woman come out of the crowd and accosted my father.
She said, Mr.
Guthrie!
I mean, that was very nice, but none of the songs you guys were singing mentioned anything
about [Ebm] any of the women that are working just as hard as some of these guys along with them.
I belong to [C] the ladies auxiliary [Bb] of the whatever union [Ebm] it was.
She was going on and on about it, you know, and everybody was [D] backing off.
They went home that night and my dad [Db] and Pete and others were contributing.
They wrote a song that went [D] something like this. _ _
_ _ [D] There once was a union maid [G] that never [D] was afraid.
[A] Well, the good things [D] of company, thanks to the good [E] that he shared,
[B] made the race [D] to the union hall [G] where the meeting [D] was called.
[A] And when the governor's mother come around, [A] she always stood [D] her ground.
Said, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the [D] union.
_ [G] No, you can't scare me, I'm [D] sticking to the union.
I'm sticking [A] to the union till the [D] day I die.
Now this union maid was wise to [G] the tricks of the [D] company's spies.
She never was fooled by the company's tools.
She [E] always organized the guys.
She always got her way [G] when she struck for hire [D]
pain.
[A] She'd show her card to the governor's guard.
[A] This is what [D] she'd say.
No, [G] you can't scare me, I'm sticking to [D] the union.
I'm sticking to the [A] union.
_ [D] I'm sticking to the union.
No, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union till the day I die.
So they went back the next night, and they sang their new song.
And they thought they [Am] did all right.
[G] And the same woman come out of the crowd again.
She [Ebm] said, Mr.
[Eb] Governor, _ that was a very nice song,
but it didn't mention the ladies auxiliary.
_ And so he wrote her a song on the [D] spot. _ _ _
Oh, the ladies auxiliary _ _ _ _ _ is _ _ _ _ a good auxiliary. _ _ _ _
About the best [G] auxiliary _ that you ever get [D] to see. _ _ _ _ _ _
So if you need an auxiliary, _ _ _ _ _ find the ladies auxiliary. _
_ [B] That's the _ ladies auxiliary.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sara Lee, you're up here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ This [Db] is fun.
[G] We don't actually have a set [Db] idea of what we're going to do.
I wrote down some songs that we might [G] know.
_ [N] And so I asked Sara Lee, I said, you're here tonight,
why don't you come up and sing a song or two or something like that.
And [A] she'd come up with [Db] one that we used to do. _
Oh, geez, I don't know when the last time we [N] did this.
Oh, the last time or the first time?
Well, when was the first time? _
1994.
_ Wow.
_ _ The last time we [D] did this.
Is it still in the E of D?
Yes, it's still in the E of D. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
It's a song by Pink Seeger. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Taking down my [Bm] golden river,
[E] _ Sun and water, [A] home, [B] how they flow.
[D] _ Yet I was never _ _ alone. _ _
_ _ _ _ Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I roam.
[D] _ And I was not far from home. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sunlight [B] glancing on the [E] water,
Life and death [A] are all my own.
[D] _ Yet I [G] was [D] never _ _ alone. _
_ _ _ _ Right where all [Bm] my sons [Em] and daughters,
Golden [A] sparklers in [B] the home,
[D] _ And I was not [A] far [D] from home. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Wandering down this [Bm] winding highway,
[Em] _ _ Travelers [A] from here and far,
[D] _ Yet I [G] was never [A] _ _ [D] _ alone. _
_ _ _ _ _ Soaring on [Bm] the little _ [Em] byways,
Sighting all [A] the distant [B] stars,
[D] _ And I was not [A] far [D] from home. _
_ _ _ _ _ Taking down [Bm] my golden river,
[Em] _ Sun and water, [A] all my [D] own.
Yet I [G] was never _ alone. _ _
_ _ _ _ Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I [D] roam.
And I [G] was not [A] far [D] from _ home.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Yet I [A] was never _ _ [D] _ alone. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ And I [A] was not far [D] from home. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I remember [N] one in particular where they, him and Pete and others had gone to some union hall.
They were singing for a few nights or something like that and they went in and they did their show.
And after the show, a woman come out of the crowd and accosted my father.
She said, Mr.
Guthrie!
I mean, that was very nice, but none of the songs you guys were singing mentioned anything
about [Ebm] any of the women that are working just as hard as some of these guys along with them.
I belong to [C] the ladies auxiliary [Bb] of the whatever union [Ebm] it was.
She was going on and on about it, you know, and everybody was [D] backing off.
They went home that night and my dad [Db] and Pete and others were contributing.
They wrote a song that went [D] something like this. _ _
_ _ [D] There once was a union maid [G] that never [D] was afraid.
[A] Well, the good things [D] of company, thanks to the good [E] that he shared,
[B] made the race [D] to the union hall [G] where the meeting [D] was called.
[A] And when the governor's mother come around, [A] she always stood [D] her ground.
Said, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the [D] union.
_ [G] No, you can't scare me, I'm [D] sticking to the union.
I'm sticking [A] to the union till the [D] day I die.
Now this union maid was wise to [G] the tricks of the [D] company's spies.
She never was fooled by the company's tools.
She [E] always organized the guys.
She always got her way [G] when she struck for hire [D]
pain.
[A] She'd show her card to the governor's guard.
[A] This is what [D] she'd say.
No, [G] you can't scare me, I'm sticking to [D] the union.
I'm sticking to the [A] union.
_ [D] I'm sticking to the union.
No, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union.
I'm sticking to the union till the day I die.
So they went back the next night, and they sang their new song.
And they thought they [Am] did all right.
[G] And the same woman come out of the crowd again.
She [Ebm] said, Mr.
[Eb] Governor, _ that was a very nice song,
but it didn't mention the ladies auxiliary.
_ And so he wrote her a song on the [D] spot. _ _ _
Oh, the ladies auxiliary _ _ _ _ _ is _ _ _ _ a good auxiliary. _ _ _ _
About the best [G] auxiliary _ that you ever get [D] to see. _ _ _ _ _ _
So if you need an auxiliary, _ _ _ _ _ find the ladies auxiliary. _
_ [B] That's the _ ladies auxiliary.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Sara Lee, you're up here. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ This [Db] is fun.
[G] We don't actually have a set [Db] idea of what we're going to do.
I wrote down some songs that we might [G] know.
_ [N] And so I asked Sara Lee, I said, you're here tonight,
why don't you come up and sing a song or two or something like that.
And [A] she'd come up with [Db] one that we used to do. _
Oh, geez, I don't know when the last time we [N] did this.
Oh, the last time or the first time?
Well, when was the first time? _
1994.
_ Wow.
_ _ The last time we [D] did this.
Is it still in the E of D?
Yes, it's still in the E of D. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _
It's a song by Pink Seeger. _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Taking down my [Bm] golden river,
[E] _ Sun and water, [A] home, [B] how they flow.
[D] _ Yet I was never _ _ alone. _ _
_ _ _ _ Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I roam.
[D] _ And I was not far from home. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Sunlight [B] glancing on the [E] water,
Life and death [A] are all my own.
[D] _ Yet I [G] was [D] never _ _ alone. _
_ _ _ _ Right where all [Bm] my sons [Em] and daughters,
Golden [A] sparklers in [B] the home,
[D] _ And I was not [A] far [D] from home. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Wandering down this [Bm] winding highway,
[Em] _ _ Travelers [A] from here and far,
[D] _ Yet I [G] was never [A] _ _ [D] _ alone. _
_ _ _ _ _ Soaring on [Bm] the little _ [Em] byways,
Sighting all [A] the distant [B] stars,
[D] _ And I was not [A] far [D] from home. _
_ _ _ _ _ Taking down [Bm] my golden river,
[Em] _ Sun and water, [A] all my [D] own.
Yet I [G] was never _ alone. _ _
_ _ _ _ Sun and water, [Bm] home, life [Em] diverts.
I have found [A] where'er I [D] roam.
And I [G] was not [A] far [D] from _ home.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ Yet I [A] was never _ _ [D] _ alone. _
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ And I [A] was not far [D] from home. _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _