Boomtown Bill chords by
The Almanac Singers
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Key: G major•
Verse 1
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D
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C
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Come All ye
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oilfield workers
C
C

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and listen to my tale
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D

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I worked for Drake in 59 way back in Titusville,
The state called Pennsylvania
C
C

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in the Allegheny field.
D
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I've chased the oil fields ever since,
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my name is Boomtown Bill.
I've worked in wind and weather
C
C

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of rain and sleet and snow.
D
D

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Yes, I done all the work, folks,
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G

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but John D. got the dough.
I don't like them company unions,
C
C

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and I know I never will.
D
D

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I'm C .I .O. from head to toe,
my name is Boomtown Bill.
G
G

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I got my C .I .O. card,
C
C

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of which I'm mighty proud.
D
D

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Whatever I believe in,
I like to holler aloud.
G
G

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I don't like your company union
C
C

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cause it just don't fill the bill.
D
D

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I'm a U .S .A .N. C .I .O.
and my name is Boomtown
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G

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C
C

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D
D

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Bill.
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G

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C
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D
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I've polished bits in Texas
C
C

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from the ocean to the plain,
D
D

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Worked every field in the 48 states
and halfway back again,
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G

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And now we're fighting in a war,
C
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the oil has got to flow,
D
D

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And the best way to beat Hitler
is to join the CIO.
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G

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Across the rolling ocean,
C
C

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the whole wide world around,
D
D

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There's union workers
fighting to tear old Hitler down.
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G

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Yes, I'm an oil field worker
C
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and a soldier in my field,
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I'll fight to save our oil fields,
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G

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my name is Boomtown Bill.
I got my C .I .O. card,
C
C

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of which I'm mighty proud,
D
D

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Whatever I believe in,
I like to holler loud.
G
G

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I don't like your company union
C
C

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cause it just don't fill the bill.
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D

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I'm a USA and CIO
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My name is Boomtown Bill
I've got a lot of work to do
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C

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and a great big war to win
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D

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I'll take my pipe wrench back to work
and see you all again
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G

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D
D

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The CIO is the best I know
C
C

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from the wildcat to the still
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So work and fight for what is right
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and remember Boomtown Bill.
I got my CIO car
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of which I'm mighty proud.
D
D

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Whatever I believe in,
I like to holler loud.
G
G

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I don't like your company union
C
C

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cause it just don't fill the bill.
D
D

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I'm U .S .A .N .C .I .O.
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and my name is Boomtown Bill.

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