Tom Joad
Tom Joad

Tom Joad easy guitar chords by Country Joe Mcdonald

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  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Tom 
    Joad 

    got 
    out 
    of that 
    old 
    McAlester pen 

    'Twas 
    there 
    that he 
    got 
    his pa
    role 

    After 
    four 
    long 
    years 
    on 

    man 
    killing 
    charge 

    Tom 
    Joad 
    came 
    a- walking 
    down 
    the road, 

    poor 
    boy, 

    Tom 
    Joad 
    came 
    a- 
    walking 

    down 
    the 
    road. 

    It was 
    there 
    that he 
    Verse 2
    found 

    him a 
    truck driving 
    man, 

    It 
    was 
    there 
    that he 
    caught 
    him a 
    ride. 

    He 
    said, "I 
    just 
    got 
    loose 

    from 
    McAlester pen 

    On 
    a charge 
    called 
    homicide, 

    great 
    God, 

    A charge 
    called 
    homicide." 

    Verse 3
    The 
    truck rolled 
    away 

    in 
    big cloud 
    of dust 

    And 
    Tommy 
    turned 
    his face 
    towards 
    home. 

    He 
    met Preacher 
    Casey 
    and they 

    had a 
    little drink 

    And he 
    found 
    out his 
    family 
    they was 
    gone, 

    Tom 
    Joad, 

    He 
    found 
    out his 
    family 
    they was 
    gone. 

    Verse 4
    He 
    found 
    his 
    mother's 

    old- 
    fashioned 
    shoes 

    He 
    found 
    his 
    daddy's 
    hat 

    He 
    found 
    little 
    Muley 
    and 
    little 
    Muley 
    said, 


    "They've been 
    tractored out 
    by 
    the cats, 

    Tom, 

    They've been 
    tractored out 
    by 
    the 
    cat

    s." 

    Interlude 1



    Then 
    Tom 
    he 
    walked 
    to the 
    Verse 5

    neighboring 
    farm, 

    He 
    found 
    his 
    family. 

    They 
    took Preacher 
    Casey 

    and they 
    loaded 
    in 
    the car 

    And his 
    mama 
    said, "We 
    got to 
    get away, 

    Tom." 

    His 
    mama 
    said, "We 
    got to 
    get away". 

    Verse 6
    The 
    twelve 
    of the 
    Joads made 

    mighty 
    heavy load 

    And 
    grandpa 
    Joad, 
    he cried. 

    He 
    picked 
    up 
    a handful 
    of 
    land 
    in his 
    hand, 


    He said, "I'm 
    sticking 
    with my 

    farm 
    until I 
    die." 

    He said, "I'm 
    sticking 

    with my 
    farm 
    until I 
    die." 

    They 
    fed him 
    spare ribs 
    Verse 7
    and coffee 

    and 
    sooth
    ing 
    syrup 

    And 
    grandpa 
    Joad, 
    he died. 

    We 
    buried 
    grandpa 
    Joad 

    on 
    the 
    Oklahoma 
    road 

    And 
    grandma 
    on 
    the California 

    side 

    And grandma 
    on the 
    California 
    side. 

    We 
    stood 
    on a 
    mountain 
    and we 
    Verse 8

    looked to 
    the West, 

    It 
    looked like 
    the 
    Promised 
    Land. 

    Was 
    big 
    green 
    valley 
    with 

    river 
    running 
    through 

    And 
    there was 
    work 
    for 
    every 
    single 
    hand, 

    we 
    thought, 

    Work 
    for 
    every 
    single 
    hand. 

    Interlude 2



    The 
    Joads rolled 
    Verse 9
    in 
    to 
    the 
    Jungle 
    Camp, 

    It was 
    there 
    that they 
    cooked them 
    stew 

    And 
    the 
    hungry 
    little 
    kids 

    in the 
    Jungle 
    Camp 

    Said, 
    "We'd like 
    to 
    have 
    some, 
    too, 

    Yes, 
    we'd like 
    to 
    have 
    some, 
    too." 

    deputy 
    sheriff 
    fired 
    Verse 10
    loose 
    at 
    a man, 

    He 
    shot 
    woman 
    in 
    the 
    back, 

    But be
    fore he 
    could 
    take 
    his 
    aim 
    again 

    It was 
    Preacher 
    Casey 
    dropped 

    him in his 
    tracks, 

    Good 
    boy, 
    Preacher 
    Casey 
    dropped 

    him in his 
    track
    s. 

    Verse 11
    Well, they 
    handcuffed 
    Casey 

    and they 
    took 
    him to 
    jail 

    And 
    then 
    he 
    got 
    away. 

    He 
    met Tom 
    Joad 
    by 
    the old 
    river 
    bridge 

    And 
    these 
    few 
    words 
    he did 
    say, 

    Preacher 
    Casey, 

    These 
    few 
    words 
    he did 
    say: 

    "Well, I 
    preached 
    for 
    Verse 12

    the Lord 
    mighty 
    long 
    time, 

    preached 
    about the 
    rich 
    and 
    the 
    poor, 

    But us 
    workin' 
    folks 
    has 

    got to 
    stick together 

    Or we 
    ain't got 
    a chance 
    anymore, 

    God 
    knows, 

    We ain't got 
    chance 
    anymore." 

    Interlude 3



    Verse 13
    Then the 

    deputies 
    come 
    and 
    Tom 
    and Casey 
    run 

    To 
    the 
    place 
    where 

    the water 
    run 
    down 

    And the 
    vi
    gilante 
    bug 
    hit 

    Ca
    sey 
    with a 
    club 

    And he 
    laid 
    Preacher 
    Casey 

    on the 
    ground 

    And he 
    laid 
    Preacher 
    Ca

    sey 
    on the 
    ground. 

    Tom 
    Joad 
    he 
    Verse 14
    grabbed 
    the 
    deputy's 
    club, 

    He 
    banged 
    it down 
    on his 
    head 

    When 
    Tommy 
    took 
    flight 
    in that 

    dark 
    and rainy 
    night 

    Was 
    a preacher 
    and 
    a deputy 
    lying 
    dead, 

    two 
    men, 

    preacher 
    and 
    deputy 
    lying 
    dead. 

    Tommy 
    went 
    back to 
    where 
    his 
    Verse 15

    mama 
    was 
    asleep, 

    He 
    woke 
    her 
    up 
    out 
    of 
    bed. 

    He 
    kissed goodbye 
    to 
    the 

    mother 
    that he 
    loved 

    And he 
    said 
    what 
    Preacher 
    Casey 
    said, 

    Tom 
    Joad, 

    He 
    said 
    what 
    Preacher 
    Casey 
    said. 

    Verse 16
    Everybody 
    might be 
    just 
    one 
    big 
    soul 

    It 
    looks 
    that- 
    a way 
    to me 

    So 
    everywhere 
    you 
    look 

    in the 
    day 
    or 
    night 

    That's 
    where I'm 
    gonna 
    be, 
    Ma, 

    That's 
    where 
    I'm 
    gonna 
    be. 

    Wherever 
    little 
    Verse 17
    kids 
    are 
    hungry 
    and 
    cry, 


    Wherever 
    people 
    ain't 
    free, 

    Wherever 
    men 
    are 
    fighting 

    for their 
    rights 

    That's 
    where I'm 
    gonna 
    be, 
    Ma, 

    That's 
    where I'm 
    gonna 
    be. 

    Outro 1




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