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 Woody Guthrie - Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
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No capo
[Verse 1]
   CI'm Cjust a lonesome traveler, the GGreat Historical CBum
CHighly educated, from Ghistory I have Ccome
I Cbuilt the Rock of Ages, 'twas Fin the year of Cone
And Cthat's about the biggest thing that Gman had ever Cdone
[Verse 2]
I Cworked in the Garden of Eden, that Gwas the year of Ctwo
Joined the Capple pickers' union, I Galways paid my due
I'm the Cman that signed the contract to Fraise the rising Csun
CThat was about the biggest thing that Gman had ever Cdone
[Verse 3]
I was Cstraw boss on the pyramids, and the GTower of Babel, Ctoo
COpened up the ocean, let the Gmigrant children Cthrough
I Cfought a million battles and I Fnever lost a Cone
And Cthat was about the biggest thing that Gman had ever Cdone
[Verse 4]
I Cbeat the daring Roman, I Fbeat the daring CTurk
DeCfeated Nero's army with Gthirty minutes Cwork
I Cfought the greatest leaders and I Flicked them every Cone
And Cthat was about the biggest thing that Gman had ever Cdone
[Verse 5]
I was Cin the Revolution when we Gset the country Cfree
It was Cme and a couple of Indians that Gdumped the Boston Ctea
We Cwon the battle at Valley Forge, and Fbattle of Bully CRun
CThat was about the biggest thing that Gman had ever Cdone
[Verse 6]
There's a Cman across the ocean and I Gguess you know him Cwell
His Cname is Adolf Hitler and Gdamn his soul to hell
We'll Ckick him in the panzers and Fput him on the Crun
CThat'll be the biggest thing that Gman has ever Cdone
[Verse 7]
There's Cmines and mills and factories that Grun for Uncle CSam
ProCducin' for the soldier boys that Ffight for this great Cland
Our Cjob it is a tough one, it'll Ftake us every Cone
But Cthis will be the biggest thing that Gman has ever Cdone
[Verse 8]
There's Cwarehouse guys and teamsters and Fguys that skin the Ccats
CGuys that run the steel mills, the Gfurnace and the blast
We'll Cstop the Axis rattlesnakes and Fthieves of old NipCpon
CThat'll be the biggest thing that Gman has ever Cdone
[Verse 9]
Well, I'd Cbetter quit my talking, 'cause I Gtold you all I Cknow
CPlease remember, pardner, wherGever you may go
The Cworld is digging Hitler's grave and Fwhen the job is Cdone
CThat'll be the biggest thing that Gman has ever Cdone
Yes, Cthat'll be the Gbiggest thing that man has ever C/Edone

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Woody Guthrie - Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done

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No capo

[Verse 1]

C C G C

I'm just a lonesome traveler, the Great Historical Bum

C G C

Highly educated, from history I have come

C F C

I built the Rock of Ages, 'twas in the year of one

C G C

And that's about the biggest thing that man had ever done

[Verse 2]

C G C

I worked in the Garden of Eden, that was the year of two

C G

Joined the apple pickers' union, I always paid my due

C F C

I'm the man that signed the contract to raise the rising sun

C G C

That was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

[Verse 3]

C G C

I was straw boss on the pyramids, and the Tower of Babel, too

C G C

Opened up the ocean, let the migrant children through

C F C

I fought a million battles and I never lost a one

C G C

And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

[Verse 4]

C F C

I beat the daring Roman, I beat the daring Turk

C G C

Defeated Nero's army with thirty minutes work

C F C

I fought the greatest leaders and I licked them every one

C G C

And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

[Verse 5]

C G C

I was in the Revolution when we set the country free

C G C

It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea

C F C

We won the battle at Valley Forge, and battle of Bully Run

C G C

That was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

[Verse 6]

C G C

There's a man across the ocean and I guess you know him well

C G

His name is Adolf Hitler and damn his soul to hell

C F C

We'll kick him in the panzers and put him on the run

C G C

That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

[Verse 7]

C G C

There's mines and mills and factories that run for Uncle Sam

C F C

Producin' for the soldier boys that fight for this great land

C F C

Our job it is a tough one, it'll take us every one

C G C

But this will be the biggest thing that man has ever done

[Verse 8]

C F C

There's warehouse guys and teamsters and guys that skin the cats

C G

Guys that run the steel mills, the furnace and the blast

C F C

We'll stop the Axis rattlesnakes and thieves of old Nippon

C G C

That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

[Verse 9]

C G C

Well, I'd better quit my talking, 'cause I told you all I know

C G

Please remember, pardner, wherever you may go

C F C

The world is digging Hitler's grave and when the job is done

C G C

That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

C G C/E

Yes, that'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

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