Dust Storm Disaster chords by Arlo Guthrie
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Verse 1
(D major) On (G major) the 14th day of (D major) April (A major) (D major) of 1935,
There struck the (G major) worst of (D major) dust storms
that (A major) ever filled the sky. (D major)
You could (G major) see that dust storm (D major) comin',
the cloud looked (A major) deathlike (D major) black,
And through our (G major) mighty (D major) nation,
it (A major) left a dreadful track. (D major)
Verse 2
From (G major) Oklahoma City (D major) to the
Ari (A major) zona (D major) line,
Dakota (G major) and Neb (D major) raska
(A major) to the lazy Rio Grande, (D major)
It (G major) fell across our (D major) city like a curtain
of (A major) black rolled (D major) down,
We thought (G major) it was our (D major) judgement,
(A major) we thought it was our (D major) doom.
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Verse 3
The (G major) radio repor (D major) ted,
we listened (A major) with alarm, (D major)
The wild (G major) and windy (D major) actions of this
(A major) great mysterious (D major) storm;
From (G major) Albuquerque and Clovis, (D major)
and all New (A major) Mexico, (D major)
They said it (G major) was the blackest (D major)
that (A major) ever they had (D major) saw.
Verse 4
From (G major) old Dodge City, Kansas, (D major)
the dust had (A major) rung their (D major) knell,
And a few more (G major) comrades (D major) sleeping
on (A major) top of old Boot (D major) Hill.
From (G major) Denver, Color (D major) ado,
they said it blew (A major) so (D major) strong,
They thought that (G major) they could (D major) hold out,
but they (A major) didn't know how (D major) long.
Verse 5
Our (G major) relatives were (D major) huddled into
their (E minor) oil boom (G major) (D major) shacks,
And the children (G major) they was (D major) cryin' as
(A major) it whistled through the (D major) cracks.
And the (G major) family it was (D major) crowded
into their (E minor) little (A major) (D major) room,
They thought the world (G major) had (D major) ended,
and they (A major) thought it was their (D major) doom.
Verse 6
The storm (G major) took place at sundown, (D major)
it lasted (A major) through the (D major) night,
When we looked (G major) out next (D major) morning,
we (A major) saw a terrible sight. (D major)
We saw (G major) outside our (D major) window where
wheat fields (A major) they had (D major) grown
Was now a (G major) rippling (D major) ocean of
(A major) dust the wind had blown. (D major)
Verse 7
It (G major) covered up our fences, (D major)
it covered (G major) up our (D major) barns,
It covered (G major) up our tractors (D major) in
this (A major) wild and dusty storm. (D major)
We (G major) loaded our (D major) jalopies and
piled our (A major) families (D major) in,
We rattled (G major) down that (D major) highway (A major) to
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never come back again.
(D major) (A major) (D major)
Dust Storm Disaster
Arlo Guthrie
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