Chords for Ry Cooder - Do Re Mi - Live 1977

[G] I'm going to do a little polka number for you here.
This is an old song written by Woody Guthrie
back in the Depression days.
And _ it tells a story about these people,
they call them Okies and Arkies and stuff,
you know, because they came from Oklahoma and Arkansas
and Texas and places.
And the dust storm came and ruined their farms
and their houses and everything.
They had to get out.
Figured they couldn't do worse.
Said, so long, it's been good to know you.
_ Moving west.
And they got out there, they found all these border _ _ police
at the California border telling them to go back.
_ _ _ _ They said, we can't go back.
He said, man, you can't stay here. _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ And this little song tells about what happened to them.
_ Do Re Mi.
Here we go.
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
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_ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A#m] _ [G] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ Do [C] Re _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [D] _ [C] Mi.
Do [Em] _ _ [B] _ [C] _ [Am] _ [G] _ [A] _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ [F] _
_ Re _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _
[Gm] _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Mi.
Do Re Mi.
_ _ _ Do Re Mi.
Well, I spoke back and [C] they say leave home every day
[D] and be in the hot old dusty way to [G] California life. _
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_ Well, it's across the desert sands,
[C] they're all getting out of that old dirt [D] boat.
Think they're coming through a sugar bowl,
but here's [G] what they find.
_ _ [F#m] [D] Well, the [A] police have the code [D] of entry, see.
_ _ Boys, you're not for [A] 14 [D],000, but I say, hey.
And if [F] you ain't got that [F#] Do [G] Re [D] Mi, boy,
[Em] _ [G]
you ain't got that [D] Do Re Mi.
_ Well, you better come back to [Am] this barn stand, [D] so. _
[A] Oklahoma, Kansas, [Bm] Georgia, [G] Tennessee. _ _ _
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Oh, California's a [D] garden [G] of Eden.
_ It's a paradise to live [C] in or see.
_ [G] Believe [D] it or not, [G] you won't find it [C] so hot
[D] if you ain't got the Do [G] Re Mi. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [Am] _ [G] _ _ [A#] _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ [D] _
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_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [Bm] _ [Am] _ [G] _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [G] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Well, if you want to buy you a home [C] or farm,
I can't give nobody [D] home.
Take your vacation by the [G] mountains of sea.
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_ _ Don't swap your old car for a [C] car.
Best stay right where you [D] are.
Better take this little [G] tip from me.
_ _ [D] Cause I look through [A] the wall [D] every day.
But the headlines [A] and my babies [D] always say, hey.
_ _ [F]
If you ain't got [F#] that Do [G] Re [Am] Mi, boy,
_ [G] you ain't got [D] that Do Re Mi.
[A] Now, you better [D] go back to the beautiful bend. _
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
[G] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ California's a garden of Eden.
_ Well, it's a paradise to live [C] in or see.
_ [G] Believe [D] it or not, [G] you won't [C] find it so hot
[D] if you ain't got that Do Re [G] Mi.
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_ [C] _ [C#] _ [D] _ [Am] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [G] _
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_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _