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Verse 1
Did a lot of ramblin' (D major) around the United States,
Woody and me.
Used to hear Woody tell somethin'
like this. (A major)
(D major) The Bonneville Power Administration
needed somebody
to tell all the people
what good the dams was gonna do out there,
the Grand Coulee Dam,
the Bonneville Dam.
They didn't have no hiring blank
on the Bonneville Power Administration
for a guitar picker
so they hired me on as a
cameraman's helper. (A major)
(D major) Went up and down the river
with a tripod over my shoulder,
guitar on my back,
(A major) and I'd get to a good -look
(D major) ing place.
I just set the tripod up on the (A major) ground,
and (D major) sit down on a ledge overlooking
that river.
Sit there, thinking and drinking,
drinking and thinking.
Wrote (A major) 26 songs in (D major) 30 days.
I'm only gonna sing about 24
of them tonight.
(G major)
Verse 2
(A major)
(D major)
I was down along the river
just (G major) sitting on a rock
Look (A major) ing at the boats
and the potty bill lock
and the (D major) gate swings open
the (G major) boat sails in (A major) toots and whistles.
He's gone again (D major)
(G major) Gasoline going up wheat (A major) coming down (D major)
(G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (A major)
I filled (D major) up my hat
for every (G major) drunken little taste
I (A major) thought about a river just going to waste
I (D major) thought about the dust
and (G major) I thought about the sand
I thought (A major) about the people
and I thought about the (D major) land
Everybody (G major) running around
all over creation
(A major) Just looking for some kind
of a little (D major) place (G major) (A major)
(D major)
Pulled out my pencil
(G major) and I scribbled this song
(A major) I figured all them salmon
just couldn't be wrong
them (D major) salmon fish,
they're (G major) mighty shrewd
Verse 3
They got (A major) senators, politicians too
Just like (D major) a president,
they're (G major) runnin' a four -year (A major)
(D major) (G major)
(A major) (D major) (G major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 4
(G major)
(A major)
You just (D major) watch this river and
(G major) pretty soon
Every (A major) body's gonna be changin' their tune
Verse 5
to (D major)
Big Grand Coulee and the
(G major) Bonneville Dam
to run a (A major) thousand factories
for Uncle Sam
and (D major) everybody else in the
world.
Making everything from (G major) sewing machines
to atom (A major) ic bedrooms, (D major) plastic.
(G major) Everything's gonna be (A major) made out
of plastic. (D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (A major)
(D major)
(G major) Yeah, Uncle (D major) Sam needs wool,
Uncle (G major) Sam needs wheat,
Uncle (A major) Sam needs houses and stuff to eat
Uncle (D major) Sam needs water and (G major) power now
Uncle Sam needs (A major) people
and the people need land (D major)
Don't like (G major) dictators,
not much myself
But I think the (A major) whole country
ought to be run by
Elec (D major) tricity (G major) (D major) (A major) (D major)
(G major) (A major)
(D major) (G major) (D major)
you
Talking Columbia
Jack Elliott
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