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Dust Bowl Refugee

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All Credit to Original poster
I simply copied chords to all verses for east of reading on scrolling screen.
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This is my attempt at a tab for Woody Guthrie's song "Dust Bowl Refugees" as
played on disc 3 of the library of congress recordings. (Key of C, no capo,
standard tuning.)  This is my first tab so please post some
comments/suggestions.
Intro/Between Verses Melody (Chord names above refer to the chord you should be
holding/strumming while playing the melody):
e  --------C--------C--------C-------C-|
B  --------------------------------|
G  -0------------------------------|
D  ---3-2-------------0h2----------|
A  ------------3--------------3----|
E  --------------------------------|
e  --------C--------C--------C-------G-|
B  --------------------------------|
G  -0------------------------------|
D  ---3-2-------------0h2----------|
A  ------------3-------------------|
E  ----------------------------3---|
e  --------C--------C-----------C-------C--|
B  ------------------------------------|
G  -0-----------------0----------------|
D  ---3-2---------------3-2------------|
A  ------------3-----------------3-----|
E  ------------------------------------|
e  --------C--------G----------C-|
B  ---------------------------|
G  -----2-------------0-------|
D  ---3-----------------2-3---|
A  -3-------------------------|
E  ------------3--------------|
For the verses he seems to only use the C and G chords with his usual alternating bass
and some hammer ons.
Verse 1
CI'm a dust bowl refugCee,
CJust a dust bowl refuGgee,
CFrom that dust bowl Cto the peach bowl,
CNow that peach fGuzz is a-killin' mCe.
Verse 2
C'Cross the mountains Cto the sea,
CCome the wife and kidGs and me.
CIt's a hot old dusty Chighway
CFor a dust bGowl refugeCe.
Verse 3
CHard, it's always beeCn that way,
CHere today and on our Gway
CDown that mountain, C'cross the desert,
CJust a dust Gbowl refugCee.
Verse 4
CWe are ramblers, so tChey say,
CWe are only here todaGy,
CThen we travel with Cthe seasons,
CWe're the dust bGowl refuCgees.
Verse 5
CFrom the south land aCnd the drought land,
CCome the wife and kidGs and me,
CAnd this old world iCs a hard world
CFor a dust Gbowl refuCgee.
Verse 6
CYes, we ramble and we Croam
CAnd the highway that'Gs our home,
CIt's a never-ending Chighway
CFor a dust Gbowl refuCgee.
Verse 7
CYes, we wander and we Cwork
CIn your crops and in Gyour fruit,
CLike the whirlwinds Con the desert
CThat's the dust Gbowl refuCgees.
Verse 8
CI'm a dust bowl refugCee,
CI'm a dust bowl refugGee,
CAnd I wonder will I Calways
CBe a dust Gbowl refuCgee?

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Dust Bowl Refugee

by Woody Guthrie

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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All Credit to Original poster

I simply copied chords to all verses for east of reading on scrolling screen.

------------------------------

This is my attempt at a tab for Woody Guthrie's song "Dust Bowl Refugees" as

played on disc 3 of the library of congress recordings. (Key of C, no capo,

standard tuning.) This is my first tab so please post some

comments/suggestions.

Intro/Between Verses Melody (Chord names above refer to the chord you should be

holding/strumming while playing the melody):

C C C C

e --------------------------------|

B --------------------------------|

G -0------------------------------|

D ---3-2-------------0h2----------|

A ------------3--------------3----|

E --------------------------------|

C C C G

e --------------------------------|

B --------------------------------|

G -0------------------------------|

D ---3-2-------------0h2----------|

A ------------3-------------------|

E ----------------------------3---|

C C C C

e ------------------------------------|

B ------------------------------------|

G -0-----------------0----------------|

D ---3-2---------------3-2------------|

A ------------3-----------------3-----|

E ------------------------------------|

C G C

e ---------------------------|

B ---------------------------|

G -----2-------------0-------|

D ---3-----------------2-3---|

A -3-------------------------|

E ------------3--------------|

For the verses he seems to only use the C and G chords with his usual alternating bass

and some hammer ons.

Verse 1

C C

I'm a dust bowl refugee,

C G

Just a dust bowl refugee,

C C

From that dust bowl to the peach bowl,

C G C

Now that peach fuzz is a-killin' me.

Verse 2

C C

'Cross the mountains to the sea,

C G

Come the wife and kids and me.

C C

It's a hot old dusty highway

C G C

For a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 3

C C

Hard, it's always been that way,

C G

Here today and on our way

C C

Down that mountain, 'cross the desert,

C G C

Just a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 4

C C

We are ramblers, so they say,

C G

We are only here today,

C C

Then we travel with the seasons,

C G C

We're the dust bowl refugees.

Verse 5

C C

From the south land and the drought land,

C G

Come the wife and kids and me,

C C

And this old world is a hard world

C G C

For a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 6

C C

Yes, we ramble and we roam

C G

And the highway that's our home,

C C

It's a never-ending highway

C G C

For a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 7

C C

Yes, we wander and we work

C G

In your crops and in your fruit,

C C

Like the whirlwinds on the desert

C G C

That's the dust bowl refugees.

Verse 8

C C

I'm a dust bowl refugee,

C G

I'm a dust bowl refugee,

C C

And I wonder will I always

C G C

Be a dust bowl refugee?

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