Chords for Bob Dylan, Ry Cooder, and Van Dyke Parks
Tempo:
95.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F
Dm
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bob Dylan has provided America's conscience and song for nearly 50 years.
He has transmuted his observations on the social condition into poetry set to indelible melodies.
Here, Dylan, performing with Ry Cooder [C] and Van Dyke Parks,
offers a new interpretation of Guthrie's scathing indictment of our class system, his Dust Bowl ballad, Do Re Mi.
[G] [F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [Am] [G] [C] [G] [Dm] [C]
Lots of folks back East, they [F] say,
Headin' out [C] every [G] day, [C] headin' the [G] hot old dusty way to the California [C] line.
Across that desert sand [G] they go, [F] they're gettin' [C] out of [F] that old Dust Bowl,
[G] They think [C] they're goin' [G] to a sugar bowl, but here is what [C] they find.
[G] Oh, the police at [D] the port of entry [G] say,
You're number [C] [D] 14,000 [G] for today.
[C] Well, if you ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
If you ain't got the [F] Do [G] Re Mi,
Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
[F] [G] Oklahoma, [F] [G] Kansas, [Dm] Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
[G]
[C] [G] California [C] is the Garden of [G] Eden,
[C] [G] [C] A paradise to [Em] live and learn [F] to see.
But [F] believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do Re [C] Mi.
[G] [F] If [G] [C] [G]
[Dm] [G] [C] you want a house or [F] farm, that won't do nobody [G] harm,
Take your vacation by the [F] mountains or [C] the sea.
Don't swap that old car for a car,
[F] Better stay right where you are,
[G] You had better take [C] this tip from [C] me,
[G] Cause I read it in the wantons every day,
And the headlines on the papers always [C] say,
[G] [F] If you [C] ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
If you ain't got the Do [G] Re Mi,
Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
California is the Garden of Eden,
A paradise to live and learn to [F] see.
[G] [F] But believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do [C] Re Mi.
[G] [C]
[F] [G]
[C]
He has transmuted his observations on the social condition into poetry set to indelible melodies.
Here, Dylan, performing with Ry Cooder [C] and Van Dyke Parks,
offers a new interpretation of Guthrie's scathing indictment of our class system, his Dust Bowl ballad, Do Re Mi.
[G] [F] [C] [F] [C]
[G] [Am] [G] [C] [G] [Dm] [C]
Lots of folks back East, they [F] say,
Headin' out [C] every [G] day, [C] headin' the [G] hot old dusty way to the California [C] line.
Across that desert sand [G] they go, [F] they're gettin' [C] out of [F] that old Dust Bowl,
[G] They think [C] they're goin' [G] to a sugar bowl, but here is what [C] they find.
[G] Oh, the police at [D] the port of entry [G] say,
You're number [C] [D] 14,000 [G] for today.
[C] Well, if you ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
If you ain't got the [F] Do [G] Re Mi,
Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
[F] [G] Oklahoma, [F] [G] Kansas, [Dm] Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
[G]
[C] [G] California [C] is the Garden of [G] Eden,
[C] [G] [C] A paradise to [Em] live and learn [F] to see.
But [F] believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do Re [C] Mi.
[G] [F] If [G] [C] [G]
[Dm] [G] [C] you want a house or [F] farm, that won't do nobody [G] harm,
Take your vacation by the [F] mountains or [C] the sea.
Don't swap that old car for a car,
[F] Better stay right where you are,
[G] You had better take [C] this tip from [C] me,
[G] Cause I read it in the wantons every day,
And the headlines on the papers always [C] say,
[G] [F] If you [C] ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
If you ain't got the Do [G] Re Mi,
Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
California is the Garden of Eden,
A paradise to live and learn to [F] see.
[G] [F] But believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do [C] Re Mi.
[G] [C]
[F] [G]
[C]
Key:
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_ _ _ _ Bob Dylan has provided America's conscience and song for nearly 50 years.
He has transmuted his observations on the social condition into poetry set to indelible melodies.
Here, Dylan, performing with Ry Cooder [C] and Van Dyke Parks,
offers a new interpretation of Guthrie's scathing indictment of our class system, his Dust Bowl ballad, Do Re Mi.
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [C] _
Lots of folks back East, they [F] say,
Headin' out [C] every [G] day, [C] headin' the [G] hot old dusty way to the California [C] _ line.
Across that desert sand [G] they go, [F] they're gettin' [C] out of [F] that old Dust Bowl,
[G] They think [C] they're goin' [G] to a sugar bowl, but here is what [C] they find.
_ [G] Oh, the police at [D] the port of entry [G] say,
_ _ You're number [C] [D] 14,000 [G] for today.
_ [C] Well, if you ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
If you ain't got the [F] Do [G] Re Mi,
_ Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
[F] _ [G] Oklahoma, [F] [G] Kansas, [Dm] Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
[G] _
[C] _ _ [G] California [C] is the Garden of [G] Eden,
[C] _ [G] [C] A paradise to [Em] live and learn [F] to see. _
_ But [F] believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do Re [C] Mi. _
_ _ _ [G] [F] If [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ [G] _ [C] you want a house or [F] farm, that won't do nobody [G] harm,
Take your vacation by the [F] mountains or [C] the sea.
_ Don't swap that old car for a car,
[F] Better stay right where you are,
[G] You had better take [C] this tip from [C] me,
_ [G] Cause I read it in the wantons every day,
_ And the headlines on the papers always [C] say,
[G] _ [F] If you [C] ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
_ If you ain't got the Do [G] Re Mi,
_ Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
_ Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
_ _ _ California is the Garden of Eden,
_ A paradise to live and learn to [F] see.
[G] _ [F] _ But believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do [C] Re Mi.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He has transmuted his observations on the social condition into poetry set to indelible melodies.
Here, Dylan, performing with Ry Cooder [C] and Van Dyke Parks,
offers a new interpretation of Guthrie's scathing indictment of our class system, his Dust Bowl ballad, Do Re Mi.
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _
[G] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [C] _ [G] _ [Dm] _ [C] _
Lots of folks back East, they [F] say,
Headin' out [C] every [G] day, [C] headin' the [G] hot old dusty way to the California [C] _ line.
Across that desert sand [G] they go, [F] they're gettin' [C] out of [F] that old Dust Bowl,
[G] They think [C] they're goin' [G] to a sugar bowl, but here is what [C] they find.
_ [G] Oh, the police at [D] the port of entry [G] say,
_ _ You're number [C] [D] 14,000 [G] for today.
_ [C] Well, if you ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
If you ain't got the [F] Do [G] Re Mi,
_ Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
[F] _ [G] Oklahoma, [F] [G] Kansas, [Dm] Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
[G] _
[C] _ _ [G] California [C] is the Garden of [G] Eden,
[C] _ [G] [C] A paradise to [Em] live and learn [F] to see. _
_ But [F] believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do Re [C] Mi. _
_ _ _ [G] [F] If [G] _ [C] _ [G] _
[Dm] _ [G] _ [C] you want a house or [F] farm, that won't do nobody [G] harm,
Take your vacation by the [F] mountains or [C] the sea.
_ Don't swap that old car for a car,
[F] Better stay right where you are,
[G] You had better take [C] this tip from [C] me,
_ [G] Cause I read it in the wantons every day,
_ And the headlines on the papers always [C] say,
[G] _ [F] If you [C] ain't got the Do Re Mi, boy,
_ If you ain't got the Do [G] Re Mi,
_ Better go on back to beautiful Texas,
_ Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, [C] Tennessee,
_ _ _ California is the Garden of Eden,
_ A paradise to live and learn to [F] see.
[G] _ [F] _ But believe it or not,
[C] You won't find it so hard,
[G] If you ain't got the Do [C] Re Mi.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
[F] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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