Dust Bowl Blues chords by Woody Guthrie

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
 (G major) I just blowed in,
and I got them dust bowl blues,
I just blowed in,
and I got them dust bowl blues,
D 
G 
I just blowed  (D major) in, and I'll blow back out  (G major) again.

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Verse 2

I guess you've heard about

ev'ry kind of blues,

I guess you've heard about

ev'ry kind of blues,

But when the dust gets high,

you can't even see the sky.

Verse 3
G 
 (G major) 
I've seen the dust so black that
I couldn't see a thing,
I've seen the dust so black
that I couldn't see a thing,
D 
And the wind  (D major) so cold, boy,
G 
it nearly cut your water off.  (G major) 

Verse 4
G 
 (G major) 
I seen the wind so high that it
blowed my fences down,
I've seen the wind so high that it
blowed my fences down,
D 
G 
Buried  (D major) my tractor six feet under (G major) ground.

Verse 5
G 
 (G major) 
Well, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
Yes, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
D 
I had to hit that  (D major) road with
G 
a bottle in my  (G major) hand.

Verse 6
G 
 (G major) 
I spent ten years down
in that old dust bowl,
I spent ten years down in that
old dust bowl,
D 
When you  (D major) get that dust pneumony, boy,
G 
it's time to go.  (G major) 

Verse 7

I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,

But a dust storm buried her

sixteen hundred feet.

Verse 8
G 
 (G major) 
She was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
Yes, she was a good gal,
long, tall and stout,
D 
I had to get a steam  (D major) shovel just to
G 
dig my darlin'  (G major) out.

Verse 9
G 
 (G major) 
These dusty blues are
the dustiest ones I know,
These dusty blues are
the dustiest ones I know,
D 
Buried head  (D major) over heels
in the black old dust,
G 
I had to pack up and go.  (G major) 
D 
An' I just  (D major) blowed in,
G 
an' I'll soon blow out again.  (G major) 