Capo 2 Capo 7
[Am] [Em]
[C] [G]
[G] [Dsus2]
[F] [C]
[INTRO]
Am x7
[VERSE 1]
[Am] Men walkin' 'long the [Am/G]railroad [Am]tracks
[C]Goin' someplace there's [Am]no goin' [G]back
[G]Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Hot [Am]soup on a campfire u[G]nder the[Am] bridge
[Am]Shelter line stretchin' [Am/G]'round th[Am]e corner
[C]Welcome to the new [Am]world [G]order
[G]Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
No [Am]home no job no [G]peace no [Am]rest
[CHORUS]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
Where it's [C]headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
[G]Sittin' down here in the campfire light
[Am]Gwaitin' on the[G] ghost of Tom[Am] Joad
[VERSE 2]
[C]Lots of people out here [F]east, they [C]say
[F]Leavin' home most ev'ry day [G]
Beatin' the hot old dusty way
[F]To the Cal[G]ifornia [C]line
[C]'Cross the desert sands they roll[F]
getting out of that old dust bowl [G]
And they think they're going to a sugar bowl [F]
Here's [G]what they [C]find
The [G]police at the port of [D]entry [G]say
"You're number fourteen thousand for today."
[CHORUS]
Oh if you [C]ain't got the do-re-mi, boys
If you ain't got the do-re-[G]mi
Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia[F] , Tenne[C]ssee
[VERSE 3]
[C]California is a garden of Eden
It's a paradise to live in or [F]see
But [C]believe it or [G]not
You won't find it so [F]hot
If you ain't got the [F]do-[G]re-[Am]mi
[VERSE 4]
[Am]Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop [Am/G]beatin' a[Am] guy
Wherever a [C]hungry newborn [Am]baby [G]cries
[G]Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
[Am]Look for me Tom [G]I'll be [Am]there
[Am]Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a [Am/G]place to s[Am]tand
Or [C]decent job or a [Am]helpin' [G]hand
[G]Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
[Am]Look for me Ma [G]you'll see [Am]me."
[CHORUS]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
Where it's [C]headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
[G]Sittin' down here in the campfire light
[Am]Waitin' on the ghost of [G]old Tom [Am]Joad
[CHORUS]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
Where it's [C]headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
[G]Sittin' down here in the campfire light
[Am]Waitin' on the ghost of [G]old Tom [Am]Joad
[Am] [Em]
[C] [G]
[G] [Dsus2]
[F] [C]
[INTRO]
Am x7
[VERSE 1]
[Am] Men walkin' 'long the [Am/G]railroad [Am]tracks
[C]Goin' someplace there's [Am]no goin' [G]back
[G]Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Hot [Am]soup on a campfire u[G]nder the[Am] bridge
[Am]Shelter line stretchin' [Am/G]'round th[Am]e corner
[C]Welcome to the new [Am]world [G]order
[G]Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
No [Am]home no job no [G]peace no [Am]rest
[CHORUS]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
Where it's [C]headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
[G]Sittin' down here in the campfire light
[Am]Gwaitin' on the[G] ghost of Tom[Am] Joad
[VERSE 2]
[C]Lots of people out here [F]east, they [C]say
[F]Leavin' home most ev'ry day [G]
Beatin' the hot old dusty way
[F]To the Cal[G]ifornia [C]line
[C]'Cross the desert sands they roll[F]
getting out of that old dust bowl [G]
And they think they're going to a sugar bowl [F]
Here's [G]what they [C]find
The [G]police at the port of [D]entry [G]say
"You're number fourteen thousand for today."
[CHORUS]
Oh if you [C]ain't got the do-re-mi, boys
If you ain't got the do-re-[G]mi
Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia[F] , Tenne[C]ssee
[VERSE 3]
[C]California is a garden of Eden
It's a paradise to live in or [F]see
But [C]believe it or [G]not
You won't find it so [F]hot
If you ain't got the [F]do-[G]re-[Am]mi
[VERSE 4]
[Am]Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop [Am/G]beatin' a[Am] guy
Wherever a [C]hungry newborn [Am]baby [G]cries
[G]Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
[Am]Look for me Tom [G]I'll be [Am]there
[Am]Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a [Am/G]place to s[Am]tand
Or [C]decent job or a [Am]helpin' [G]hand
[G]Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
[Am]Look for me Ma [G]you'll see [Am]me."
[CHORUS]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
Where it's [C]headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
[G]Sittin' down here in the campfire light
[Am]Waitin' on the ghost of [G]old Tom [Am]Joad
[CHORUS]
The [F]highway is alive tonight
Where it's [C]headed [G]everybody [Am]knows
[G]Sittin' down here in the campfire light
[Am]Waitin' on the ghost of [G]old Tom [Am]Joad
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