Chords for Woody Guthrie - Talking Dust Bowl Blues
Tempo:
81.775 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
C
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [A] [D]
[E] [A] Back [D] in 1927 [E] I had a little farm and I called out,
[A] Heaven, well the [D] price is up and the rain come [E] down
And I hauled my crops [A] all into town and I got the money
[D] Bought clothes and groceries, [E] fed the kids and [A] raised the family
Rain [D] quit and the wind [E] got high and a black old dust storm filled [A] the sky
And I [D] swapped my farm for a Ford [E] machine and I poured it full of this gas [A] I lean
And I started [D] rockin' and rollin' [E] over the mountains [A] out towards the old peach bowl
Way [D] up yonder on a mountain [E] road I had a hot motor and a [A] heavy load
I was a-goin' pretty [D] fast, I wasn't even [E] stoppin'
I'm bouncin' up and down like [A] popcorn poppin' I had a breakdown
[D] I'm sort of a nervous bust down of [E] some kind
There was a fella there, a mechanic fella, said it was [A] engine trouble
[D] [E] [A]
[D]
[E] [A] Way up yonder [D] on a mountain [E] curve is the way up yonder in the piney [A] wood
And I give [D] that rollin' Ford a shove [E] and I was gonna [A] coast as far as I could
[D] Commenced [A] coastin', pickin' up speed, [E] was a half-end turn
I [A] didn't make it
Man [D] alive, I'm a-tellin' [E] you, the fiddles and the [A] guitars really flew
That Ford took off like a flying [E] squirrel and it flew halfway [A] around the world
Scattered [E] wives and childrens all over the [A] side of that mountain
[D]
[E] [A] We got out to the west [D] coast broke, so that gum [E] hungry I thought [A] I'd croak
And I bummed [D] up a spud or [E] two and my wife fixed up [A] a tater stew
We [D] poured the kids full of it
[C#m] [A] Mighty thin stew [E] though, you could read the magazine [A] right through it
Always [D] have figured [E] that if it'd [A] been just a little bit thinner
Some [E] of these here politicians [A] coulda seen through it
[D] [E] [A]
[E] [A] Back [D] in 1927 [E] I had a little farm and I called out,
[A] Heaven, well the [D] price is up and the rain come [E] down
And I hauled my crops [A] all into town and I got the money
[D] Bought clothes and groceries, [E] fed the kids and [A] raised the family
Rain [D] quit and the wind [E] got high and a black old dust storm filled [A] the sky
And I [D] swapped my farm for a Ford [E] machine and I poured it full of this gas [A] I lean
And I started [D] rockin' and rollin' [E] over the mountains [A] out towards the old peach bowl
Way [D] up yonder on a mountain [E] road I had a hot motor and a [A] heavy load
I was a-goin' pretty [D] fast, I wasn't even [E] stoppin'
I'm bouncin' up and down like [A] popcorn poppin' I had a breakdown
[D] I'm sort of a nervous bust down of [E] some kind
There was a fella there, a mechanic fella, said it was [A] engine trouble
[D] [E] [A]
[D]
[E] [A] Way up yonder [D] on a mountain [E] curve is the way up yonder in the piney [A] wood
And I give [D] that rollin' Ford a shove [E] and I was gonna [A] coast as far as I could
[D] Commenced [A] coastin', pickin' up speed, [E] was a half-end turn
I [A] didn't make it
Man [D] alive, I'm a-tellin' [E] you, the fiddles and the [A] guitars really flew
That Ford took off like a flying [E] squirrel and it flew halfway [A] around the world
Scattered [E] wives and childrens all over the [A] side of that mountain
[D]
[E] [A] We got out to the west [D] coast broke, so that gum [E] hungry I thought [A] I'd croak
And I bummed [D] up a spud or [E] two and my wife fixed up [A] a tater stew
We [D] poured the kids full of it
[C#m] [A] Mighty thin stew [E] though, you could read the magazine [A] right through it
Always [D] have figured [E] that if it'd [A] been just a little bit thinner
Some [E] of these here politicians [A] coulda seen through it
[D] [E] [A]
Key:
A
E
D
C
C#m
A
E
D
[C] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ Back [D] in 1927 [E] I had a little farm and I called out,
[A] Heaven, well the [D] price is up and the rain come [E] down
And I hauled my crops [A] all into town and I got the money
_ [D] Bought clothes and groceries, [E] fed the kids and [A] raised the family
_ Rain [D] quit and the wind [E] got high and a black old dust storm filled [A] the sky
And I [D] swapped my farm for a Ford [E] machine and I poured it full of this gas [A] I lean
And I started [D] rockin' and rollin' [E] over the mountains [A] out towards the old peach bowl
_ _ _ Way [D] up yonder on a mountain [E] road I had a hot motor and a [A] heavy load
I was a-goin' pretty [D] fast, I wasn't even [E] stoppin'
I'm bouncin' up and down like [A] popcorn poppin' I had a breakdown
[D] I'm sort of a nervous bust down of [E] some kind
There was a fella there, a mechanic fella, said it was [A] engine trouble _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ _ Way up yonder [D] on a mountain [E] curve is the way up yonder in the piney [A] wood
And I give [D] that rollin' Ford a shove [E] and I was gonna [A] coast as far as I could _
[D] Commenced [A] coastin', pickin' up speed, [E] was a half-end turn
I [A] didn't make it
_ _ Man [D] alive, I'm a-tellin' [E] you, the fiddles and the [A] guitars really flew
That Ford took off like a flying [E] squirrel and it flew halfway [A] around the world
Scattered [E] wives and childrens all over the [A] side of that mountain
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ _ We got out to the west [D] coast broke, so that gum [E] hungry I thought [A] I'd croak
And I bummed [D] up a spud or [E] two and my wife fixed up [A] a tater stew
We [D] poured the kids full of it
[C#m] _ [A] Mighty thin stew [E] though, you could read the magazine [A] right through it _
Always [D] have figured [E] that if it'd [A] been just a little bit thinner
Some [E] of these here politicians [A] coulda seen through it
[D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ Back [D] in 1927 [E] I had a little farm and I called out,
[A] Heaven, well the [D] price is up and the rain come [E] down
And I hauled my crops [A] all into town and I got the money
_ [D] Bought clothes and groceries, [E] fed the kids and [A] raised the family
_ Rain [D] quit and the wind [E] got high and a black old dust storm filled [A] the sky
And I [D] swapped my farm for a Ford [E] machine and I poured it full of this gas [A] I lean
And I started [D] rockin' and rollin' [E] over the mountains [A] out towards the old peach bowl
_ _ _ Way [D] up yonder on a mountain [E] road I had a hot motor and a [A] heavy load
I was a-goin' pretty [D] fast, I wasn't even [E] stoppin'
I'm bouncin' up and down like [A] popcorn poppin' I had a breakdown
[D] I'm sort of a nervous bust down of [E] some kind
There was a fella there, a mechanic fella, said it was [A] engine trouble _ _
[D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ _ Way up yonder [D] on a mountain [E] curve is the way up yonder in the piney [A] wood
And I give [D] that rollin' Ford a shove [E] and I was gonna [A] coast as far as I could _
[D] Commenced [A] coastin', pickin' up speed, [E] was a half-end turn
I [A] didn't make it
_ _ Man [D] alive, I'm a-tellin' [E] you, the fiddles and the [A] guitars really flew
That Ford took off like a flying [E] squirrel and it flew halfway [A] around the world
Scattered [E] wives and childrens all over the [A] side of that mountain
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
[E] _ [A] _ _ We got out to the west [D] coast broke, so that gum [E] hungry I thought [A] I'd croak
And I bummed [D] up a spud or [E] two and my wife fixed up [A] a tater stew
We [D] poured the kids full of it
[C#m] _ [A] Mighty thin stew [E] though, you could read the magazine [A] right through it _
Always [D] have figured [E] that if it'd [A] been just a little bit thinner
Some [E] of these here politicians [A] coulda seen through it
[D] _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _