Them Big City Ways chords by Woody Guthrie
Verse 1
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Well, howdy, friend.
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I, George, here's a song here
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I'm going to sing to you
that's got sort of a college
education in it.
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One that I had come to me one time
when my mind wasn't
doing nothing else.
One that come to me
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when I just sorta got to watchin'
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the ways of a big city.
Brother John moved into town,
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he rented him a flat and settled down.
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Law, law, he's a -gettin' them
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big city ways.
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Brought his wife and kids along,
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but fifteen dollars didn't last long.
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Law, law, he's a -gettin' them
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big city ways
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The finance company right next door
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Got his paycheck, then some more
Law, law, he's a -gettin' them
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big city ways
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The banker got his furniture
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And the auto company got his car
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Law, law, he's a -gettin' them
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big city ways
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Couldn't get out upon the street,
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He owed everybody he would meet,
Law, law, he's a -gettin' them
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big city ways.
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Sister married to Jekyll O 'Honey,
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Brothers payin' alimony,
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Law,
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law, he's a -gettin' them big city ways.
Got him a job on the WPA,
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But he got laid off the other day,
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Law, law, he's a -gettin' them
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big city ways.
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Mama mops the rich man's floor
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Every week she works an hour
Law, law,
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is you gettin' them big city wheeze
Oh, my friend, you can see
Here's some good advice that's free
I'm gonna tell you about them
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big city wheeze
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Finance man, he runs the town
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And the working man, he gets run down
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And that's what I learned
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of watchin' them big city weeds.
Them Big City Ways
Woody Guthrie
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