Chords for Washington Talkin' Blues - Woody Guthrie
Tempo:
78.45 bpm
Chords used:
F#
C#
B
D#
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#] [F#]
[D#] Long about 1929, [C#] a homey little farm was doing [F#] just fine.
[B] Raised a little row crop, raised some wheat, and sold it over [F#] at the county seat.
[B] Drawed the money, [C#] raised the family.
The dust come along and the price went [C#] down and didn't have the money when the bank [F#] come around.
Humble weeds and the [C#] black dust blowed so we hit the trail to where the [F#] waters flowed.
[Bm]
Way [C#] out across yonder somewhere.
[F#] Hot old rocks and the desert [C#] sand made the mine run back to the [F#] dust bowl land.
Hopes as high as we rolled [C#] along to the Columbia River up [F#] in Washington.
[B] Lots of good rain, [C#] little piece of land, thought I might grow [F#] some.
We settled down on some cut over land and pulled up the brush and [F#] the stumps by hand.
[B] Sun burnt up on the first crop of [C#] wheat in the river down the canyon just [F#] 500 feet.
Might as well have been [C#] 50 miles.
Couldn't [F#] get no water.
We loaded [B] our belongings and lit out the [C#m] town.
Seen the old vacant houses and the [F#] farms all around.
[B] Folks are leaving out and if you're asking [C#] me that's just as lonesome a sight as a feller in the [F#] sea.
[B] Good land, [C#] grow anything you plant if you [F#] can get the moisture.
Struck a lumber [B] town and heard the big saw sing [C#] and when business is good well [F#] lumber's the king.
Went to [D#] looking for a job but the man said [C#] no so we hit the skids on the old skid row.
[B] Traipsing up and down, [C#]
chasing a bite to eat.
[F#] Kids hungry.
Heard about a job so we [G#] hit the wheat, made about enough for the kids to eat.
Picked [B] in the berries and gathered in the fruit and the hops and the [F#] peaches and the apples too.
[B] Slept in just about [C#] everything except a good [F#] warm bed.
Been to [B] Arizona, been to California [C#] too.
Found the people was plenty but the [F#] jobs was few.
[B] Well maybe it's just like the feller said when there [C#] ain't enough work or [F#] business is dead.
[B] [C#] Ain't no money changing hands.
There's people changing places.
Folks wasting [F#] gasoline chasing around.
[B] [F#]
Now what we need is a great big [C#m] dam to throw a lot of water out across [F#] that land.
[B] People could work and stuff would [G#] grow and you could wave goodbye to the old [F#] skid row.
[B]
Find you a job, work hard, [C#] raise all kinds of stuff.
[F#] Kids too.
[C#] Take it [F#] easy.
[B]
[D#] Long about 1929, [C#] a homey little farm was doing [F#] just fine.
[B] Raised a little row crop, raised some wheat, and sold it over [F#] at the county seat.
[B] Drawed the money, [C#] raised the family.
The dust come along and the price went [C#] down and didn't have the money when the bank [F#] come around.
Humble weeds and the [C#] black dust blowed so we hit the trail to where the [F#] waters flowed.
[Bm]
Way [C#] out across yonder somewhere.
[F#] Hot old rocks and the desert [C#] sand made the mine run back to the [F#] dust bowl land.
Hopes as high as we rolled [C#] along to the Columbia River up [F#] in Washington.
[B] Lots of good rain, [C#] little piece of land, thought I might grow [F#] some.
We settled down on some cut over land and pulled up the brush and [F#] the stumps by hand.
[B] Sun burnt up on the first crop of [C#] wheat in the river down the canyon just [F#] 500 feet.
Might as well have been [C#] 50 miles.
Couldn't [F#] get no water.
We loaded [B] our belongings and lit out the [C#m] town.
Seen the old vacant houses and the [F#] farms all around.
[B] Folks are leaving out and if you're asking [C#] me that's just as lonesome a sight as a feller in the [F#] sea.
[B] Good land, [C#] grow anything you plant if you [F#] can get the moisture.
Struck a lumber [B] town and heard the big saw sing [C#] and when business is good well [F#] lumber's the king.
Went to [D#] looking for a job but the man said [C#] no so we hit the skids on the old skid row.
[B] Traipsing up and down, [C#]
chasing a bite to eat.
[F#] Kids hungry.
Heard about a job so we [G#] hit the wheat, made about enough for the kids to eat.
Picked [B] in the berries and gathered in the fruit and the hops and the [F#] peaches and the apples too.
[B] Slept in just about [C#] everything except a good [F#] warm bed.
Been to [B] Arizona, been to California [C#] too.
Found the people was plenty but the [F#] jobs was few.
[B] Well maybe it's just like the feller said when there [C#] ain't enough work or [F#] business is dead.
[B] [C#] Ain't no money changing hands.
There's people changing places.
Folks wasting [F#] gasoline chasing around.
[B] [F#]
Now what we need is a great big [C#m] dam to throw a lot of water out across [F#] that land.
[B] People could work and stuff would [G#] grow and you could wave goodbye to the old [F#] skid row.
[B]
Find you a job, work hard, [C#] raise all kinds of stuff.
[F#] Kids too.
[C#] Take it [F#] easy.
[B]
Key:
F#
C#
B
D#
C#m
F#
C#
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] Long about 1929, [C#] a homey little farm was doing [F#] just fine.
_ [B] Raised a little row crop, raised some wheat, and sold it over [F#] at the county seat.
[B] Drawed the money, _ [C#] raised the family. _ _
The dust come along and the price went [C#] down and didn't have the money when the bank [F#] come around. _
Humble weeds and the [C#] black dust blowed so we hit the trail to where the [F#] waters flowed.
_ [Bm]
Way [C#] out across yonder somewhere.
[F#] _ _ Hot old rocks and the desert [C#] sand made the mine run back to the [F#] dust bowl land.
Hopes as high as we rolled [C#] along to the Columbia River up [F#] in Washington.
[B] Lots of good rain, [C#] little piece of land, thought I might grow [F#] some.
_ We settled down on some cut over land and pulled up the brush and [F#] the stumps by hand.
[B] Sun burnt up on the first crop of [C#] wheat in the river down the canyon just [F#] 500 feet.
_ Might as well have been [C#] 50 miles.
Couldn't [F#] get no water. _
We loaded [B] our belongings and lit out the [C#m] town.
Seen the old vacant houses and the [F#] farms all around.
_ [B] Folks are leaving out and if you're asking [C#] me that's just as lonesome a sight as a feller in the [F#] sea.
[B] Good land, [C#] _ grow anything you plant if you [F#] can get the moisture.
_ _ _ _ Struck a lumber [B] town and heard the big saw sing [C#] and when business is good well [F#] lumber's the king.
_ Went to [D#] looking for a job but the man said [C#] no so we hit the skids on the old skid row.
[B] Traipsing up and down, _ [C#]
chasing a bite to eat.
_ [F#] Kids hungry. _ _ _
Heard about a job so we [G#] hit the wheat, made about enough for the kids to eat.
Picked [B] in the berries and gathered in the fruit and the hops and the [F#] peaches and the apples too.
[B] Slept in just about [C#] everything except a good [F#] warm bed.
_ _ Been to [B] Arizona, been to California [C#] too.
_ Found the people was plenty but the [F#] jobs was few.
_ _ [B] Well maybe it's just like the feller said when there [C#] ain't enough work or [F#] business is dead.
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] Ain't no money changing hands.
_ There's people changing places. _
Folks wasting [F#] gasoline chasing around.
[B] _ _ _ [F#]
Now what we need is a great big [C#m] dam to throw a lot of water out across [F#] that land. _
[B] People could work and stuff would [G#] grow and you could wave goodbye to the old [F#] skid row.
_ [B]
Find you a job, work hard, [C#] raise all kinds of stuff.
_ [F#] Kids too.
_ _ [C#] Take it [F#] easy.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] Long about 1929, [C#] a homey little farm was doing [F#] just fine.
_ [B] Raised a little row crop, raised some wheat, and sold it over [F#] at the county seat.
[B] Drawed the money, _ [C#] raised the family. _ _
The dust come along and the price went [C#] down and didn't have the money when the bank [F#] come around. _
Humble weeds and the [C#] black dust blowed so we hit the trail to where the [F#] waters flowed.
_ [Bm]
Way [C#] out across yonder somewhere.
[F#] _ _ Hot old rocks and the desert [C#] sand made the mine run back to the [F#] dust bowl land.
Hopes as high as we rolled [C#] along to the Columbia River up [F#] in Washington.
[B] Lots of good rain, [C#] little piece of land, thought I might grow [F#] some.
_ We settled down on some cut over land and pulled up the brush and [F#] the stumps by hand.
[B] Sun burnt up on the first crop of [C#] wheat in the river down the canyon just [F#] 500 feet.
_ Might as well have been [C#] 50 miles.
Couldn't [F#] get no water. _
We loaded [B] our belongings and lit out the [C#m] town.
Seen the old vacant houses and the [F#] farms all around.
_ [B] Folks are leaving out and if you're asking [C#] me that's just as lonesome a sight as a feller in the [F#] sea.
[B] Good land, [C#] _ grow anything you plant if you [F#] can get the moisture.
_ _ _ _ Struck a lumber [B] town and heard the big saw sing [C#] and when business is good well [F#] lumber's the king.
_ Went to [D#] looking for a job but the man said [C#] no so we hit the skids on the old skid row.
[B] Traipsing up and down, _ [C#]
chasing a bite to eat.
_ [F#] Kids hungry. _ _ _
Heard about a job so we [G#] hit the wheat, made about enough for the kids to eat.
Picked [B] in the berries and gathered in the fruit and the hops and the [F#] peaches and the apples too.
[B] Slept in just about [C#] everything except a good [F#] warm bed.
_ _ Been to [B] Arizona, been to California [C#] too.
_ Found the people was plenty but the [F#] jobs was few.
_ _ [B] Well maybe it's just like the feller said when there [C#] ain't enough work or [F#] business is dead.
_ [B] _ _ _ [C#] Ain't no money changing hands.
_ There's people changing places. _
Folks wasting [F#] gasoline chasing around.
[B] _ _ _ [F#]
Now what we need is a great big [C#m] dam to throw a lot of water out across [F#] that land. _
[B] People could work and stuff would [G#] grow and you could wave goodbye to the old [F#] skid row.
_ [B]
Find you a job, work hard, [C#] raise all kinds of stuff.
_ [F#] Kids too.
_ _ [C#] Take it [F#] easy.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _