Chords for Woody Guthrie - The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)
Tempo:
105.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[E]
[A] On the fourteenth [E] day of April of [B] [E] 1935, there struck the worst of dust [B] storms that ever
filled the [E] sky.
[A] You could see that [E] dust storm coming, the cloud looked death like black, and through
our mighty nation [B] it left a [E] dreadful track.
[A] From Oklahoma [E] City to the Arizona line, Dakota and Nebraska [B] to the lazy [E] Rio Grande.
[A] It fell [E] across our city like a curtain [B] of [E] black roll down.
We thought it was our judgment, we [B] thought it [E] was our doom.
[A] The radio [E] reported, we [B] listened [E] with alarm.
The wild and windy actions [B] of this great [E] mysterious storm.
[A] From [E] Albuquerque and Clovis and all [B] New [E] Mexico, they said it was the blackest [B] that ever [E] they had saw.
[A] From old hard [E] city Kansas, [B] the dust had [E] wrung their nail.
And a few more comrades sleeping on top of old boot hill.
[A] From Denver, [E] Colorado, they said it blew so strong, they thought that they could hold
out but they [B] didn't [E] know how long.
[A] Our relatives [E] were huddled into their oil boom shacks, and the children they was crying
[B] as it whistled [E] through the cracks.
[A] And the family [E] it was crowded into their little room.
They thought the world had ended, [B] and they thought it [E] was their doom.
[A] The storm took [E] place at sundown, it lasted through the night.
When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight.
[A]
We saw outside [E] our window, where [B] wheat fields they [E] had grown.
Was now a rippling ocean [B] of dust the [E] wind had blown.
[A] It covered up [E] our fences, it covered up our barns, it covered up our tractors in [B] this
wild and [E] dusty storm.
[A] We loaded our [E]
jalopies and piled our families in.
We rattled down that highway [B] to never come back [E] again.
[A] On the fourteenth [E] day of April of [B] [E] 1935, there struck the worst of dust [B] storms that ever
filled the [E] sky.
[A] You could see that [E] dust storm coming, the cloud looked death like black, and through
our mighty nation [B] it left a [E] dreadful track.
[A] From Oklahoma [E] City to the Arizona line, Dakota and Nebraska [B] to the lazy [E] Rio Grande.
[A] It fell [E] across our city like a curtain [B] of [E] black roll down.
We thought it was our judgment, we [B] thought it [E] was our doom.
[A] The radio [E] reported, we [B] listened [E] with alarm.
The wild and windy actions [B] of this great [E] mysterious storm.
[A] From [E] Albuquerque and Clovis and all [B] New [E] Mexico, they said it was the blackest [B] that ever [E] they had saw.
[A] From old hard [E] city Kansas, [B] the dust had [E] wrung their nail.
And a few more comrades sleeping on top of old boot hill.
[A] From Denver, [E] Colorado, they said it blew so strong, they thought that they could hold
out but they [B] didn't [E] know how long.
[A] Our relatives [E] were huddled into their oil boom shacks, and the children they was crying
[B] as it whistled [E] through the cracks.
[A] And the family [E] it was crowded into their little room.
They thought the world had ended, [B] and they thought it [E] was their doom.
[A] The storm took [E] place at sundown, it lasted through the night.
When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight.
[A]
We saw outside [E] our window, where [B] wheat fields they [E] had grown.
Was now a rippling ocean [B] of dust the [E] wind had blown.
[A] It covered up [E] our fences, it covered up our barns, it covered up our tractors in [B] this
wild and [E] dusty storm.
[A] We loaded our [E]
jalopies and piled our families in.
We rattled down that highway [B] to never come back [E] again.
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[E] _ _ _ _ _
[A] On the fourteenth [E] day of April of _ [B] _ [E] 1935, there struck the worst of dust [B] storms that ever
filled the [E] sky.
[A] You could see that [E] dust storm coming, the cloud looked death like black, and through
our mighty nation [B] it left a [E] dreadful track. _
[A] From Oklahoma [E] City to the Arizona line, _ Dakota and Nebraska [B] to the lazy [E] Rio Grande.
[A] It fell [E] across our city like a curtain [B] of [E] black roll down.
We thought it was our judgment, we [B] thought it [E] was our doom.
[A] The radio [E] reported, we [B] listened [E] with alarm.
The wild and windy actions [B] of this great [E] mysterious storm.
[A] From [E] Albuquerque and _ Clovis and all [B] New [E] Mexico, _ they said it was the blackest [B] that ever [E] they had saw.
[A] From old hard [E] city Kansas, [B] the dust had [E] wrung their nail.
And a few more comrades sleeping on top of old boot hill.
[A] From Denver, [E] Colorado, they said it blew so strong, they thought that they could hold
out but they [B] didn't [E] know how long.
[A] Our relatives [E] were huddled into their oil boom shacks, and the children they was crying
[B] as it whistled [E] through the cracks.
[A] And the family [E] it was crowded _ into their little room.
They thought the world had ended, [B] and they thought it [E] was their doom.
[A] The storm took [E] place at sundown, it lasted through the night.
When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight.
[A]
We saw outside [E] our window, where [B] wheat fields they [E] had grown. _
_ Was now a rippling ocean [B] of dust the [E] wind had blown.
[A] It covered up [E] our fences, _ it covered up our barns, it covered up our tractors in [B] this
wild and [E] dusty storm.
[A] We loaded our [E]
jalopies and piled our families in.
We rattled down that highway [B] to never come back [E] again.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] On the fourteenth [E] day of April of _ [B] _ [E] 1935, there struck the worst of dust [B] storms that ever
filled the [E] sky.
[A] You could see that [E] dust storm coming, the cloud looked death like black, and through
our mighty nation [B] it left a [E] dreadful track. _
[A] From Oklahoma [E] City to the Arizona line, _ Dakota and Nebraska [B] to the lazy [E] Rio Grande.
[A] It fell [E] across our city like a curtain [B] of [E] black roll down.
We thought it was our judgment, we [B] thought it [E] was our doom.
[A] The radio [E] reported, we [B] listened [E] with alarm.
The wild and windy actions [B] of this great [E] mysterious storm.
[A] From [E] Albuquerque and _ Clovis and all [B] New [E] Mexico, _ they said it was the blackest [B] that ever [E] they had saw.
[A] From old hard [E] city Kansas, [B] the dust had [E] wrung their nail.
And a few more comrades sleeping on top of old boot hill.
[A] From Denver, [E] Colorado, they said it blew so strong, they thought that they could hold
out but they [B] didn't [E] know how long.
[A] Our relatives [E] were huddled into their oil boom shacks, and the children they was crying
[B] as it whistled [E] through the cracks.
[A] And the family [E] it was crowded _ into their little room.
They thought the world had ended, [B] and they thought it [E] was their doom.
[A] The storm took [E] place at sundown, it lasted through the night.
When we looked out next morning, we saw a terrible sight.
[A]
We saw outside [E] our window, where [B] wheat fields they [E] had grown. _
_ Was now a rippling ocean [B] of dust the [E] wind had blown.
[A] It covered up [E] our fences, _ it covered up our barns, it covered up our tractors in [B] this
wild and [E] dusty storm.
[A] We loaded our [E]
jalopies and piled our families in.
We rattled down that highway [B] to never come back [E] again.
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