Dust Storm Disaster chords by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

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 (D major)  (A major)  (D major) On the  (G major) 14th day of April  (D major) in  (A major) 1935,
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there struck the worst of  (G major) dust storm (A major) s
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that ever filled the  (D major) sky.
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The radi (G major) o  reported we  (D major) listened  (A major) with alarm  (D major) 
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To the wild and windy ac (G major) tions
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of  (A major) that great mysterious storm.  (D major) 
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From  (G major) Denver, Colorado,
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 (D major) they said  (A major) it blew so strong  (D major) 
They thought that they could hold out
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but they  (A major) didn't know how long
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 (D major) From Ok (G major) lahoma City  (A major) to  (D major) 
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the  (A major) Colorado line  (D major) 
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Dakota an (G major) d  Neb (D major) raska
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to the  (A major) lazy Rio Grande  (D major) 
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In  (G major) old Dodge City, Kansas,  (D major) 
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the dust  (A major) had rung their  (D major) nail
And a few old comrades
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sleeping on  (A major) top of Old Foothill  (D major) 
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And  (G major) now the Kirk and Clovis  (D major) 
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 (A major) and all New Mexico,  (D major) 
They said it was the blackest
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 (A major) that ever they had saw.  (D major) 
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You could see that  (G major) dust storm coming,  (D major) 
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the  (A major) cloud looked death like black,
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 (D major) And through our mighty nation
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it  (A major) left a terrible track (D major) ,
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Our  (G major) family they was huddled  (D major) 
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into  (A major) their old boom  (D major) shacks,
And the children they were crying
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as it  (A major) whistled through the crack (D major) s,
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And the  (G major) children they were  (D major) huddled
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into  (A major) their little room
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 (D major) we thought it was our judgment
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we thought  (A major) it was our  (D major) doom
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the storm  (G major) took place at sundown  (D major) 
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it  (A major) lasted through the night  (D major) 
when we went out next morning
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we  (A major) saw a terrible sight  (D major) 
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When  (G major) we outside our  (A major) windows,
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 (D major) where  (A major) wheat fields once had grown,  (D major) 
Was now a rippling ocean
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of  (A major) dust the wind had blown.  (D major) 
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It  (G major) covered up our  (A major) fences,  (D major) 
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it  (A major) covered up our barns,  (D major) 
It covered up our tractors
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in this  (A major) wild mysterious storm.
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 (D major) We loaded  (G major) our jalop (D major) ies
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and  (A major) piled our families in  (D major) 
We rattled down that highway
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to  (G major) nev (A major) er come back again
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