{"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":1760090,"song":"Dust Bowl Refugee","artist":"Woody Guthrie","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1760090-dust-bowl-refugee-chords-by-woody-guthrie/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1760090?type=chord","rating":4.79653,"votes":7,"content":"All Credit to Original poster\r\nI simply copied chords to all verses for east of reading on scrolling screen.\r\n------------------------------\r\n\r\nThis is my attempt at a tab for Woody Guthrie's song \"Dust Bowl Refugees\" as\r\nplayed on disc 3 of the library of congress recordings. (Key of C, no capo,\r\nstandard tuning.)  This is my first tab so please post some\r\ncomments/suggestions.\r\n\r\nIntro/Between Verses Melody (Chord names above refer to the chord you should be\r\nholding/strumming while playing the melody):\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne  --------------------------------|\r\nB  --------------------------------|\r\nG  -0------------------------------|\r\nD  ---3-2-------------0h2----------|\r\nA  ------------3--------------3----|\r\nE  --------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne  --------------------------------|\r\nB  --------------------------------|\r\nG  -0------------------------------|\r\nD  ---3-2-------------0h2----------|\r\nA  ------------3-------------------|\r\nE  ----------------------------3---|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne  ------------------------------------|\r\nB  ------------------------------------|\r\nG  -0-----------------0----------------|\r\nD  ---3-2---------------3-2------------|\r\nA  ------------3-----------------3-----|\r\nE  ------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\ne  ---------------------------|\r\nB  ---------------------------|\r\nG  -----2-------------0-------|\r\nD  ---3-----------------2-3---|\r\nA  -3-------------------------|\r\nE  ------------3--------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\nFor the verses he seems to only use the C and G chords with his usual alternating bass\r\nand some hammer ons.\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a dust bowl refugee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust a dust bowl refugee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom that dust bowl to the peach bowl,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow that peach fuzz is a-killin' me.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cross the mountains to the sea,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome the wife and kids and me.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a hot old dusty highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a dust bowl refugee.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHard, it's always been that way,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHere today and on our way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDown that mountain, 'cross the desert,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust a dust bowl refugee.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 4\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe are ramblers, so they say,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe are only here today,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen we travel with the seasons,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe're the dust bowl refugees.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 5\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFrom the south land and the drought land,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCome the wife and kids and me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd this old world is a hard world[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a dust bowl refugee.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 6\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, we ramble and we roam[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the highway that's our home,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a never-ending highway[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor a dust bowl refugee.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 7\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYes, we wander and we work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn your crops and in your fruit,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLike the whirlwinds on the desert[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThat's the dust bowl refugees.[/tab]\r\n\r\nVerse 8\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a dust bowl refugee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm a dust bowl refugee,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder will I always[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe a dust bowl refugee?[/tab]","plain_text":"All Credit to Original poster\nI simply copied chords to all verses for east of reading on scrolling screen.\n------------------------------\n\nThis is my attempt at a tab for Woody Guthrie's song \"Dust Bowl Refugees\" as\nplayed on disc 3 of the library of congress recordings. (Key of C, no capo,\nstandard tuning.)  This is my first tab so please post some\ncomments/suggestions.\n\nIntro/Between Verses Melody (Chord names above refer to the chord you should be\nholding/strumming while playing the melody):\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFor the verses he seems to only use the C and G chords with his usual alternating bass\nand some hammer ons.\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 4\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 5\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 6\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 7\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 8","chords":["C","B","G","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}