{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2501007,"song":"The Ghost Of Tom Joad - Do Re Mi","artist":"Elvis Costello","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11508907-the-ghost-of-tom-joad-do-re-mi-chords-by-elvis-costello/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2501007?type=chord","rating":4.79782,"votes":21,"content":"No Capo | Standard Tuning\r\n\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch]    - 244222\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]    - 022000\r\n[ch]D[/ch]     - xx0232\r\n[ch]A[/ch]     - x03330\r\n[ch]G[/ch]     - 320033\r\n[ch]E[/ch]     - 022100\r\n\r\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n[Intro]\r\nBm  x7\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n  Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGoin' someplace there's no goin' back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHighway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]Em[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHot soup on a campfire under the bridge[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShelter line stretchin' 'round the corner[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWelcome to the new world order[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nFamilies sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNo home no job no peace no rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe highway is alive tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere it's headed everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSittin' down here in the campfire light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAwaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLots of people out here east, they say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLeavin' home most ev'ry day[/tab]\r\n\r\nBeatin' the hot old dusty way\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the California line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n'Cross the desert sands they roll[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\ngetting out of that old dust bowl[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they think they're going to a sugar bowl[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHere's what they find[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe police at the port of entry say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\"You're number fourteen thousand for today.\"\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOh if you ain't got the do-re-mi, boys[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf you ain't got the do-re-mi[/tab]\r\n\r\nWell you'd better go back to beautiful Texas\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nCalifornia is a garden of Eden[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt's a paradise to live in or see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut believe it or not[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou won't find it so hot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIf you ain't got the do-re-mi[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nNow Tom said \"Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWherever a hungry newborn baby cries[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLook for me, Mom, I'll be there[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr decent job or a helpin' hand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWherever somebody's strugglin' to be free[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLook for me Ma you'll see me.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe highway is alive tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere it's headed everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSittin' down here in the campfire light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWaitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe highway is alive tonight[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWhere it's headed everybody knows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSittin' down here in the campfire light[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nWaitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad[/tab]","plain_text":"No Capo | Standard Tuning\n\nBm    - 244222\nEm    - 022000\nD     - xx0232\nA     - x03330\nG     - 320033\nE     - 022100\n\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n[Intro]\nBm  x7\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\nBeatin' the hot old dusty way\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"You're number fourteen thousand for today.\"\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\nWell you'd better go back to beautiful Texas\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bm","Em","D","A","G","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}