Dust Bowl Refugee Chords by Woody Guthrie
Tempo:
115.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A]
[D]
[A]
[D] [A] [D]
I'm a dust bowl refugee, just a dust bowl [A] refugee, [D] from that dust bowl to the peach
bowl, [A] now that peach fuzz [D] is a-killin' me.
Cross the mountains to the sea, come the wife and [A] kids and me, [D] it's a hot old dusty highway
[A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee.
[A] [D] Hard it's always been that way, here today and on [A] our way, [D] down that mountain, cross
the desert, [A] just a dust bowl [D] refugee.
We are ramblers, so they say, we are only [A] here today, [D] then we travel with the seasons,
[A] we're the dust bowl [D] refugees.
From the south land and the drought land, come the wife and [A] kids and me, and [D] this old
world is a hard world [A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee.
Yes, we ramble and we roll, and the highway, [A] that's our home, [D] it's a never -ending highway
[A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee.
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
Yes, we wander and we work, in your crops and in [A] your fruit, like [D] the whirlwinds on
the desert, [A] that's the dust bowl [D] refugees.
I'm a dust bowl refugee, I'm a dust bowl [A] refugee, [D] and I wonder, will I always [A] be a dust bowl [D] refugee?
Well, [A]
[D] [Bm]
when we got to that country and they got to calling us dust bowl refugees, why,
a lot of people from Oklahoma that had worked hard all their lives, and split white oak
stays and made walnut timber and split up walnut timber, a lot of them had made moonshine
liquor, a lot of them had drilled oil wells, a lot of them picked that cotton, a lot of
them had little farms around over the country that they raised different crops on.
But anyway, they'd walked across the desert with blisters all over their feet, 1,500 or
2,000 miles trying to find a job or work, they'd already outgrown any little old kind
of a word like a dust bowl refugee that fellers had called them.
[D]
[A]
[D] [A] [D]
I'm a dust bowl refugee, just a dust bowl [A] refugee, [D] from that dust bowl to the peach
bowl, [A] now that peach fuzz [D] is a-killin' me.
Cross the mountains to the sea, come the wife and [A] kids and me, [D] it's a hot old dusty highway
[A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee.
[A] [D] Hard it's always been that way, here today and on [A] our way, [D] down that mountain, cross
the desert, [A] just a dust bowl [D] refugee.
We are ramblers, so they say, we are only [A] here today, [D] then we travel with the seasons,
[A] we're the dust bowl [D] refugees.
From the south land and the drought land, come the wife and [A] kids and me, and [D] this old
world is a hard world [A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee.
Yes, we ramble and we roll, and the highway, [A] that's our home, [D] it's a never -ending highway
[A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee.
[A] [D] [A]
[D]
Yes, we wander and we work, in your crops and in [A] your fruit, like [D] the whirlwinds on
the desert, [A] that's the dust bowl [D] refugees.
I'm a dust bowl refugee, I'm a dust bowl [A] refugee, [D] and I wonder, will I always [A] be a dust bowl [D] refugee?
Well, [A]
[D] [Bm]
when we got to that country and they got to calling us dust bowl refugees, why,
a lot of people from Oklahoma that had worked hard all their lives, and split white oak
stays and made walnut timber and split up walnut timber, a lot of them had made moonshine
liquor, a lot of them had drilled oil wells, a lot of them picked that cotton, a lot of
them had little farms around over the country that they raised different crops on.
But anyway, they'd walked across the desert with blisters all over their feet, 1,500 or
2,000 miles trying to find a job or work, they'd already outgrown any little old kind
of a word like a dust bowl refugee that fellers had called them.
Key:
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D
Bm
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Bm
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ I'm a dust bowl refugee, _ _ just a dust bowl [A] refugee, _ [D] from that dust bowl to the peach
bowl, [A] now that peach fuzz [D] is a-killin' me.
Cross the mountains to the sea, come the wife and [A] kids and me, _ [D] it's a hot old dusty highway
_ [A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Hard it's always been that way, here today and on [A] our way, [D] down that mountain, cross
the desert, [A] just a dust bowl [D] refugee. _
We are ramblers, so they say, we are only [A] here today, [D] then we travel with the seasons,
[A] we're the dust bowl [D] refugees.
_ _ _ From the south land and the drought land, come the wife and [A] kids and me, and [D] this old
world is a hard world [A] for a dust bowl _ [D] refugee.
_ Yes, we _ ramble and we roll, and the highway, [A] that's our home, _ [D] it's a never _ -ending highway
[A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, we wander and we work, in your crops and in [A] your fruit, like [D] the _ whirlwinds on
the desert, [A] that's the dust bowl [D] refugees.
_ _ I'm a dust bowl refugee, _ _ I'm a dust bowl [A] refugee, _ _ [D] and I wonder, _ will I always [A] be a dust bowl [D] refugee?
Well, _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
when we got to that country and they got to calling us dust bowl refugees, why,
_ _ a lot of people from Oklahoma that had worked hard all their lives, _ and split white oak
stays and made walnut timber and split up walnut timber, _ a lot of them had made moonshine
liquor, a lot of them had drilled oil wells, a lot of them picked that cotton, _ a lot of
them had little farms around over the country that they raised different crops on.
_ _ But anyway, _ _ _ they'd walked across the desert with blisters all over their feet, _ _ 1,500 or
2,000 miles trying to find a job or work, they'd already outgrown _ any little old kind
of a word like a dust bowl refugee that _ fellers had called them. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ I'm a dust bowl refugee, _ _ just a dust bowl [A] refugee, _ [D] from that dust bowl to the peach
bowl, [A] now that peach fuzz [D] is a-killin' me.
Cross the mountains to the sea, come the wife and [A] kids and me, _ [D] it's a hot old dusty highway
_ [A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee. _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Hard it's always been that way, here today and on [A] our way, [D] down that mountain, cross
the desert, [A] just a dust bowl [D] refugee. _
We are ramblers, so they say, we are only [A] here today, [D] then we travel with the seasons,
[A] we're the dust bowl [D] refugees.
_ _ _ From the south land and the drought land, come the wife and [A] kids and me, and [D] this old
world is a hard world [A] for a dust bowl _ [D] refugee.
_ Yes, we _ ramble and we roll, and the highway, [A] that's our home, _ [D] it's a never _ -ending highway
[A] for a dust bowl [D] refugee. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Yes, we wander and we work, in your crops and in [A] your fruit, like [D] the _ whirlwinds on
the desert, [A] that's the dust bowl [D] refugees.
_ _ I'm a dust bowl refugee, _ _ I'm a dust bowl [A] refugee, _ _ [D] and I wonder, _ will I always [A] be a dust bowl [D] refugee?
Well, _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
when we got to that country and they got to calling us dust bowl refugees, why,
_ _ a lot of people from Oklahoma that had worked hard all their lives, _ and split white oak
stays and made walnut timber and split up walnut timber, _ a lot of them had made moonshine
liquor, a lot of them had drilled oil wells, a lot of them picked that cotton, _ a lot of
them had little farms around over the country that they raised different crops on.
_ _ But anyway, _ _ _ they'd walked across the desert with blisters all over their feet, _ _ 1,500 or
2,000 miles trying to find a job or work, they'd already outgrown _ any little old kind
of a word like a dust bowl refugee that _ fellers had called them. _ _
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