Chords for Woody Guthrie: "Tom Joad"
Tempo:
126.35 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [N] [D] [G]
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[Em] Tom Jode got out [D] of the old Macalester pen, [G] there he got his [D] parole.
[G] After four long years [D] on a man-killin' charge, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road, poor
boy, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road.
[G] Tom Jode he met [Dm] a truck-drivin' man, [G] there he caught [D] him a ride, he [G] said,
I just got loose [D] from Macalester pen on a charge called Homicide, a [A] charge called [D]
Homicide.
That [G] truck rolled away in [D] a cloud of dust, [G] Tom he turned his face [D] toward home,
[G] he met Preacher Casey [D] and they had a little drink, but they found that his family they was gone,
he found [A] that his family [D] they was gone.
He found his mother's old-fashioned shoe, [G] found his [D] daddy's hat,
and [G] he found little Muley [D] and Muley said,
They've been tractored out by the cats, they've been tractored out by the cats.
Tom Jode [G] walked down to the [D] neighbor's farm, found [G] his [D] family,
they [G] took Preacher Casey [D] and loaded in a car, and his mother said,
We've got to get away, his mother said, We've got to get away.
Now [G] the twelve of the Jodes made [D] a mighty heavy load, [G] but Grandpa Jode [D] did cry,
[G] he picked up a handful of [D] land in his hand, said, I'm stayin' with the farm till I die,
yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die.
They [G] fed him short ribs and coffee [D] and soothing syrup, [G] and Grandpa Jode [D] did die,
they [G] buried Grandpa Jode [D] by the side of the road, Grandma on the California side,
they buried [A] Grandma on the [D] California side.
They [G] stood on a mountain and [D] they looked to the west, and [G] it looked like the [D] promised land,
[G] that bright green valley with [D] a river running through it,
there was work for every single hand, they thought, there was work [A] for every [D] single hand.
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[G] The Jodes rolled away [D] to the jungle camp, [G] there they cooked [D] a stew,
and [G] the hungry little kids [D] of the jungle camp said,
We'd like to have some too, said, We'd like to have some too.
[G] Now a deputy sure [D] fired loose at a man, [G] shot a woman [D] in the back,
[G] before he could take his [Dm] aim [D] again, Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, poor boy,
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, they [G] handcuffed Casey and [D] they took him to jail,
[G] and then he got [D]
away, [G] and he met Tom Jode [D] on the old river bridge,
and these few words he did say, poor boy, these [A] few words [D] he did say,
[G] I preached for the Lord [D] a mighty long [G] time, preached about the rich [D] and the poor,
us [G] working folks, let's [D] all get together, cause we ain't got a chance anymore,
we ain't got [A] a chance [D] anymore.
Now [G] the deputies come, [D] and Tom and Casey run, to [Em] the bridge where the water [D] run down,
but [G] the vigilante thugs [D] hit Casey with a club,
they laid Preacher Casey on the ground, poor Casey, they laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
[G] Tom Jode, he grabbed [D] that deputy's club, [G] [Bm] hit him over [D] the head,
[G] Tom Jode took flight [D] in the dark rainy night, and a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men, a deputy and a preacher lying dead.
[G] Tom run back where his mother [D] was asleep, [G] he woke her up [D] out of bed,
[Em] and he kissed goodbye [D] to the mother that he loved,
said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Jode, he said what Preacher Casey said,
[G] everybody might be [Bm] just one [D] big soul, [G] well it looks that way [D] to me,
[Em] everywhere that you look in the day [D] or night, that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be,
wherever little children are hungry and cry, [G] wherever people [D] ain't free,
wherever [G] men are fighting for their rights, that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be.
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[G] [D]
[Em] Tom Jode got out [D] of the old Macalester pen, [G] there he got his [D] parole.
[G] After four long years [D] on a man-killin' charge, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road, poor
boy, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road.
[G] Tom Jode he met [Dm] a truck-drivin' man, [G] there he caught [D] him a ride, he [G] said,
I just got loose [D] from Macalester pen on a charge called Homicide, a [A] charge called [D]
Homicide.
That [G] truck rolled away in [D] a cloud of dust, [G] Tom he turned his face [D] toward home,
[G] he met Preacher Casey [D] and they had a little drink, but they found that his family they was gone,
he found [A] that his family [D] they was gone.
He found his mother's old-fashioned shoe, [G] found his [D] daddy's hat,
and [G] he found little Muley [D] and Muley said,
They've been tractored out by the cats, they've been tractored out by the cats.
Tom Jode [G] walked down to the [D] neighbor's farm, found [G] his [D] family,
they [G] took Preacher Casey [D] and loaded in a car, and his mother said,
We've got to get away, his mother said, We've got to get away.
Now [G] the twelve of the Jodes made [D] a mighty heavy load, [G] but Grandpa Jode [D] did cry,
[G] he picked up a handful of [D] land in his hand, said, I'm stayin' with the farm till I die,
yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die.
They [G] fed him short ribs and coffee [D] and soothing syrup, [G] and Grandpa Jode [D] did die,
they [G] buried Grandpa Jode [D] by the side of the road, Grandma on the California side,
they buried [A] Grandma on the [D] California side.
They [G] stood on a mountain and [D] they looked to the west, and [G] it looked like the [D] promised land,
[G] that bright green valley with [D] a river running through it,
there was work for every single hand, they thought, there was work [A] for every [D] single hand.
[G]
[D] [G]
[D] [G]
[D]
[N]
[G]
[A] [D] [Bm]
[D] [G]
[D] [Bm]
[D]
[G] The Jodes rolled away [D] to the jungle camp, [G] there they cooked [D] a stew,
and [G] the hungry little kids [D] of the jungle camp said,
We'd like to have some too, said, We'd like to have some too.
[G] Now a deputy sure [D] fired loose at a man, [G] shot a woman [D] in the back,
[G] before he could take his [Dm] aim [D] again, Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, poor boy,
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, they [G] handcuffed Casey and [D] they took him to jail,
[G] and then he got [D]
away, [G] and he met Tom Jode [D] on the old river bridge,
and these few words he did say, poor boy, these [A] few words [D] he did say,
[G] I preached for the Lord [D] a mighty long [G] time, preached about the rich [D] and the poor,
us [G] working folks, let's [D] all get together, cause we ain't got a chance anymore,
we ain't got [A] a chance [D] anymore.
Now [G] the deputies come, [D] and Tom and Casey run, to [Em] the bridge where the water [D] run down,
but [G] the vigilante thugs [D] hit Casey with a club,
they laid Preacher Casey on the ground, poor Casey, they laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
[G] Tom Jode, he grabbed [D] that deputy's club, [G] [Bm] hit him over [D] the head,
[G] Tom Jode took flight [D] in the dark rainy night, and a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men, a deputy and a preacher lying dead.
[G] Tom run back where his mother [D] was asleep, [G] he woke her up [D] out of bed,
[Em] and he kissed goodbye [D] to the mother that he loved,
said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Jode, he said what Preacher Casey said,
[G] everybody might be [Bm] just one [D] big soul, [G] well it looks that way [D] to me,
[Em] everywhere that you look in the day [D] or night, that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be,
wherever little children are hungry and cry, [G] wherever people [D] ain't free,
wherever [G] men are fighting for their rights, that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be.
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[Em] Tom Jode got out [D] of the old Macalester pen, _ [G] there he got his [D] parole. _ _
[G] After four long years [D] on a man-killin' charge, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road, poor
boy, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road.
_ [G] Tom Jode he met [Dm] a truck-drivin' man, [G] there he caught [D] him a ride, he [G] said,
I just got loose [D] from Macalester pen on a charge called _ Homicide, _ a [A] charge called [D]
Homicide.
_ That [G] truck rolled away in [D] a cloud of dust, [G] Tom he turned his face [D] toward home,
_ [G] he met Preacher Casey [D] and they had a little drink, but they found that his family they was gone,
_ he found [A] that his family [D] they was gone.
_ He found his _ mother's old-fashioned shoe, _ [G] found his [D] daddy's hat,
and [G] he found little Muley [D] and Muley said,
They've been tractored out by the cats, _ they've been tractored out by the cats.
_ _ _ Tom Jode [G] walked down to the [D] neighbor's farm, found [G] his _ [D] family,
_ they [G] took Preacher Casey [D] and loaded in a car, and his mother said,
We've got to get away, _ his mother said, We've got to get away. _ _ _
Now [G] the twelve of the Jodes made [D] a mighty heavy load, [G] but Grandpa Jode [D] did cry,
_ [G] he picked up a handful of [D] land in his hand, said, I'm stayin' with the farm till I die,
_ yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die.
_ _ They [G] fed him short ribs and coffee [D] and soothing syrup, [G] and Grandpa Jode [D] did die,
they [G] buried Grandpa Jode [D] by the side of the road, Grandma on the California side,
they buried [A] Grandma on the [D] California side.
_ _ They [G] stood on a mountain and [D] they looked to the west, and [G] it looked like the [D] promised land,
_ [G] that bright green valley with [D] a river running through it,
there was work for every single hand, they thought, there was work [A] for every [D] single hand.
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_ _ [G] The Jodes rolled away [D] to the jungle camp, _ [G] there they cooked [D] a stew,
and [G] the hungry little kids [D] of the jungle camp said,
We'd like to have some too, _ said, We'd like to have some too.
_ [G] Now a deputy sure [D] fired loose at a man, [G] shot a woman [D] in the back,
_ [G] before he could take his [Dm] aim [D] again, Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, poor boy,
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, they [G] handcuffed Casey and [D] they took him to jail, _ _ _
_ _ [G] and then he got [D]
away, _ [G] and he met Tom Jode [D] on the old river bridge,
and these few words he did say, poor boy, these [A] few words [D] he did say,
[G] I preached for the Lord [D] a mighty long [G] time, preached about the rich [D] and the poor,
us [G] working folks, let's [D] all get together, cause we ain't got a chance anymore,
_ we ain't got [A] a chance [D] anymore.
_ Now [G] the deputies come, [D] and Tom and Casey run, to [Em] the bridge where the water [D] run down,
but [G] the vigilante thugs [D] hit Casey with a club,
they laid Preacher Casey on the ground, poor Casey, they laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
_ [G] Tom Jode, he grabbed [D] that deputy's club, [G] _ [Bm] hit him over [D] the head,
[G] Tom Jode took flight [D] in the dark rainy night, and a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men, a deputy and a preacher lying dead.
_ _ _ [G] Tom run back where his mother [D] was asleep, [G] he woke her up [D] out of bed,
[Em] and he kissed goodbye [D] to the mother that he loved,
said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Jode, he said what Preacher Casey said, _ _
[G] everybody might be [Bm] just one [D] big soul, [G] well it looks that way [D] to me,
[Em] everywhere that you look in the day [D] or night, _ that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be,
wherever little children are hungry and cry, [G] wherever people [D] ain't free, _
wherever [G] men are fighting for their rights, that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be. _ _
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[Em] Tom Jode got out [D] of the old Macalester pen, _ [G] there he got his [D] parole. _ _
[G] After four long years [D] on a man-killin' charge, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road, poor
boy, Tom Jode come a-walkin' down the road.
_ [G] Tom Jode he met [Dm] a truck-drivin' man, [G] there he caught [D] him a ride, he [G] said,
I just got loose [D] from Macalester pen on a charge called _ Homicide, _ a [A] charge called [D]
Homicide.
_ That [G] truck rolled away in [D] a cloud of dust, [G] Tom he turned his face [D] toward home,
_ [G] he met Preacher Casey [D] and they had a little drink, but they found that his family they was gone,
_ he found [A] that his family [D] they was gone.
_ He found his _ mother's old-fashioned shoe, _ [G] found his [D] daddy's hat,
and [G] he found little Muley [D] and Muley said,
They've been tractored out by the cats, _ they've been tractored out by the cats.
_ _ _ Tom Jode [G] walked down to the [D] neighbor's farm, found [G] his _ [D] family,
_ they [G] took Preacher Casey [D] and loaded in a car, and his mother said,
We've got to get away, _ his mother said, We've got to get away. _ _ _
Now [G] the twelve of the Jodes made [D] a mighty heavy load, [G] but Grandpa Jode [D] did cry,
_ [G] he picked up a handful of [D] land in his hand, said, I'm stayin' with the farm till I die,
_ yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die.
_ _ They [G] fed him short ribs and coffee [D] and soothing syrup, [G] and Grandpa Jode [D] did die,
they [G] buried Grandpa Jode [D] by the side of the road, Grandma on the California side,
they buried [A] Grandma on the [D] California side.
_ _ They [G] stood on a mountain and [D] they looked to the west, and [G] it looked like the [D] promised land,
_ [G] that bright green valley with [D] a river running through it,
there was work for every single hand, they thought, there was work [A] for every [D] single hand.
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_ _ [G] The Jodes rolled away [D] to the jungle camp, _ [G] there they cooked [D] a stew,
and [G] the hungry little kids [D] of the jungle camp said,
We'd like to have some too, _ said, We'd like to have some too.
_ [G] Now a deputy sure [D] fired loose at a man, [G] shot a woman [D] in the back,
_ [G] before he could take his [Dm] aim [D] again, Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, poor boy,
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track, they [G] handcuffed Casey and [D] they took him to jail, _ _ _
_ _ [G] and then he got [D]
away, _ [G] and he met Tom Jode [D] on the old river bridge,
and these few words he did say, poor boy, these [A] few words [D] he did say,
[G] I preached for the Lord [D] a mighty long [G] time, preached about the rich [D] and the poor,
us [G] working folks, let's [D] all get together, cause we ain't got a chance anymore,
_ we ain't got [A] a chance [D] anymore.
_ Now [G] the deputies come, [D] and Tom and Casey run, to [Em] the bridge where the water [D] run down,
but [G] the vigilante thugs [D] hit Casey with a club,
they laid Preacher Casey on the ground, poor Casey, they laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
_ [G] Tom Jode, he grabbed [D] that deputy's club, [G] _ [Bm] hit him over [D] the head,
[G] Tom Jode took flight [D] in the dark rainy night, and a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men, a deputy and a preacher lying dead.
_ _ _ [G] Tom run back where his mother [D] was asleep, [G] he woke her up [D] out of bed,
[Em] and he kissed goodbye [D] to the mother that he loved,
said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Jode, he said what Preacher Casey said, _ _
[G] everybody might be [Bm] just one [D] big soul, [G] well it looks that way [D] to me,
[Em] everywhere that you look in the day [D] or night, _ that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be,
wherever little children are hungry and cry, [G] wherever people [D] ain't free, _
wherever [G] men are fighting for their rights, that's where I'm a gonna be,
Ma, that's where I'm a gonna be. _ _
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