Key: E major
Verse 1
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On the 14th day of April in 1935,
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there struck the worst of dust storms
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The radio reported we listened with alarm
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of that great mysterious storm.
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they said it blew so strong
They thought that they could hold out
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From Oklahoma City to
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the Colorado line
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Dakota and Nebraska
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to the lazy Rio Grande
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In old Dodge City, Kansas,
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the dust had rung their nail
And a few old comrades
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sleeping on top of Old Foothill
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And now the Kirk and Clovis
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and all New Mexico,
They said it was the blackest
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that ever they had saw.
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You could see that dust storm coming,
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it left a terrible track,
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Our family they was huddled
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into their old boom shacks,
And the children they were crying
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as it whistled through the cracks,
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And the children they were huddled
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we thought it was our doom
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the storm took place at sundown
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it lasted through the night
when we went out next morning
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we saw a terrible sight
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When we'd outside our windows
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where wheat fields once had grown
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of dust the wind had blown
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It covered up our fences,
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it covered up our barns
It covered up our tractors
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We loaded our jalopies
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and piled our families in
We rattled down that highway
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to never come back again
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