Tom Joad chords by Arlo Guthrie, The Dillards
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(A major) (D major)
Verse 1
Tom (G major) Joad got
out of the old (D major) McAlester Pen
(G major) There he got his pa (D major) role
After four (G major) long years on
a man (D major) killing charge
Tom Joad come a- walkin' down the road,
poor boy
Tom Joad come a- walkin'
(A major) down the (D major) road
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Verse 2
Tom (G major) Joad, he met a truck (D major) driving man
(G major) There he caught him a (D major) ride
He said, I just (G major) got loose from
(D major) McAlester Pen
On a charge called homicide
A charge called (A major) homicide
Verse 3
(D major) That (G major) truck rolled away
in a (D major) cloud of dust
(G major) Tommy turned his face toward home (D major)
He (G major) met Preacher Casey,
and they (D major) had a little drink
But they found that his family
they was gone
He found that his (A major) family
they was (D major) gone
Verse 4
He found (G major) his mother's
old (D major) fashion shoe
(G major) Found his daddy's hat (D major)
And he found (G major) little Muley
and (D major) Muley said
They've been tractored out
by the cats
They've been tractored out (A major) by the cats (D major)
Verse 5
Tom (G major) Joad walked down to
the neighbor's (D major) farm
(G major) Found his family
(D major) They took (G major) Preacher Casey
and (D major) loaded in a car
And his mother said,
We've got to get away
His mother said, We've (A major) got to get away (D major)
Verse 6
Now, the twelve (G major) of the Joads made
a mighty (D major) heavy load
But (G major) Grandpa Joad did cry (D major)
He picked (G major) up a handful
of land (D major) in his hand
Said: I'm stayin' with the farm till I die
Yes, I'm stayin' with the farm (A major) till I die (D major)
Verse 7
They fed (G major) him short ribs and
(D major) coffee and soothing syrup
And (G major) Grandpa Joad did die (D major)
They bur (G major) ied Grandpa Joad by
the side (D major) of the road
Grandma on the California side
They buried Grandma on
the (A major) California side (D major)
Verse 8
They stood (G major) on a mountain and
they looked (D major) to the west
And it looked (G major) like the promised land (D major)
That bright (G major) green valley with
a river (D major) running through
There was work for every single hand,
they thought
There was work for every single (A major) (D major) hand
Verse 9
(G major) The Joads rolled away to
the jungle (D major) camp
(G major) There they cooked a stew (D major)
And the (G major) hungry little kids
of the jungle (D major) camp
Said: We'd like to have some, too
Said: We'd like to have (A major) some, too (D major)
Verse 10
Now a deputy (G major) sheriff fired (D major) loose at a man
Shot (G major) a woman in the back (D major)
Before (G major) he could take his (D major) aim again
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track,
poor boy
Preacher Casey dropped (A major) him in his (D major) track
Verse 11
They (G major) handcuffed Casey and
they took (D major) him in jail
And (G major) then he got away (D major)
And he met (G major) Tom Joad
on the old (D major) river bridge
And these few words he did say,
poor boy
These few words (A major) he did (D major) say
Verse 12
I (G major) preached for the Lord
a mighty (D major) long time
(G major) Preached about the rich and the poor (D major)
Us workin' (G major) folkses, all (D major) get together
Cause we ain't got a chance anymore
We ain't got a chance (A major) anymore (D major)
Verse 13
Now, the deputies (G major) come,
and Tom (D major) and Casey run
To the bridge (G major) where the water run (D major) down
But the vi (G major) gilante thugs hit
Ca (D major) sey with a club
They laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
poor Casey
They laid Preacher (A major) Casey on the (D major) ground
Verse 14
Tom (G major) Joad, he grabbed that deputy's (D major) club
(G major) Hit him over the (D major) head
(G major) Tom Joad took flight in the dark (D major) rainy night
And a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men
A deputy and a (A major) preacher lying dead (D major)
Verse 15
(G major) Tom run back where his (D major) mother was asleep
He woke (G major) her up out of (D major) bed
An' he (G major) kissed goodbye to
the mother (D major) that he loved
Said what Preacher Casey said,
Tom Joad
He said what Preacher (A major) Casey said (D major)
Verse 16
Ever (G major) 'body might be just (D major) one big soul
Well it (G major) looks that a- way to (D major) me
(G major) Everywhere that you look,
in the day (D major) or night
That's where I'm a- gonna be, Ma
That's where (A major) I'm a- gonna (D major) be
Verse 17
Wherever (G major) little children are
(D major) hungry and cry
Wherever (G major) people ain't free (D major)
Wherever (G major) men are fight
(D major) in' for their rights
That's where I'm a- gonna be, Ma
That's where I'm (A major) a- gonna
(D major) be
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