Tom Joad chords by Jack Elliott
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Intro 1
(F sharp minor) (D major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 1
Tom (G major) Joad got out
of the old McAllister pen, (D major)
was (G major) there that he got his parole. (D major)
After four (G major) long years on
a man -killin' (D major) charge,
Tom Joad come a -walkin' down the road,
poor boy.
Tom Doade come a -walkin'
down the road
Tom (G major) Doade, he met a truck drivin' man
(D major) It was (G major) there that he caught him a ride
He (D major) said, I (G major) just got loose from
the Mack Alistair Pen (D major) n
On a (G major) charge called Homicide (D major)
On a charge called Homicide (G major)
(D major) A truck (G major) rolled away in a cloud of dust
(D major) Tommy (G major) turned his face towards home
(D major) He (G major) met Preacher Casey
and they had a little drink (D major)
And he found that his family,
they was gone, poor boy
He found that his (G major) family was gone (D major)
He found (G major) his mother's old -fashioned suit
(D major) And he (G major) found his daddy's (D major) hat (G major)
(D major) They found (G major) little Muley
and Muley (D major) said
They'd been tractored out by the cats,
Tom
They'd been tractored out by the cats
Went (G major) on down to the neighbor's (D major) farm
And he (G major) found his family (D major)
Took (G major) Preacher Casey and loaded in a (D major) car
As Mammy said, got to get away, dawg
As Mammy said, we got to get away
The twelve (G major) of the Joads
made a mighty heavy load
(D major) But (G major) Grandpa Joad did cry
He (D major) (G major) picked up a handful of land in his (D major) hand
He said, I'm staying with the farm till I die
I'm a -stayin' with the farm till (G major) I (D major) die
We fed some (G major) short ribs
some coffee
and soothing syr (D major) up
But (G major) Grandpa George did die
We (D major) (G major) buried Grandpa George
by the side of the road
Bur (D major) ied Grandma on the California side
Buried Grandma on the California side
He stood (G major) (D major) (G major) on a mountain
and he looked to the (D major) west
And it (G major) looked like the promised land
A (D major) (G major) big green valley with a river (D major)
runnin' (G major) through
(D major) There was work for every single
hand they thought
There was work for every (G major) single hand (D major)
The (G major) Joads rolled into a jungle camp
(D major) It was (G major) there that they cooked them a stew (D major)
An (G major) d the hungry little
kids in the jungle camp
(D major) Said we'd like to have some too
Yes, (A major) (D major) we'd like to (G major) have some too (D major) (G major)
(D major) A (G major) deputy sheriff fired loose at a man
(D major) And he (G major) shot a woman in the back
But (D major) be (G major) fore he could take his aim again, (D major)
it was Preacher Casey dropped
him in his track. (G major)
(D major) Good boy.
Preacher Ca (G major) sey dropped (A major)
him (G major) in his (D major) track.
They (G major) handcuffed Casey
and they took him to jail.
(D major) And (G major) then he got away. (D major)
And he (G major) met Tom Jode
by the old river bridge. (D major)
And these few words he did say,
Praise to Casey,
these few words (A major) he did say. (D major)
I praised (G major) for the Lord a mighty long time, (D major)
(G major) Preached about the rich and the (D major) poor,
Us (G major) working folks has got
to get togeth (D major) er,
Cause we ain't got a chance anymore,
God knows we ain't got a (A major) chance (G major) anymore.
(D major) And the (G major) deputies come
and Tom (D major) and Casey run to the (G major) bridge
where the water run down. (D major)
And the (G major) vigilante thugs
hit Casey with a (D major) club
and they laid preacher
Casey on the ground.
Poor Casey, they laid (G major) preacher
Ca (A major) sey on the (D major) ground.
Tom (G major) picked up that deputy's club
and (D major) he (G major) hit him over the (D major) head.
And Tom (G major) Joe took flight
in the dark (D major) rainy night
Left a deputy and a preacher lying dead
Two (G major) (D major) men and a (G major) preacher
an (B minor) d a (G major) deputy ly (A major) ing dead (D major) (G major) (D major)
Tom (G major) run back where his
mother (D major) was (G major) asleep (D major)
And he (G major) woke her up out of (D major) bed
And he (G major) kissed goodbye
to the mother that he (D major) loved
And he said, what preacher Casey said,
Tom Joad
He said, what preacher
Ca (A major) sey said (D major)
Everybody (G major) might be just one big soul
(D major) Well, it (G major) looks that way to me (D major)
So everywhere (G major) that you look
in the day or the (D major) night
That's where I'm gonna be, (A major) Ma
(D major) That's where I'm gonna be (D major)
Wherever (G major) little children are
hungry and (D major) dry,
wherever (G major) people ain't free, (D major)
wherever (G major) men are fight
ing for their (D major) rights,
that's where I'm gonna be, Paul,
that's where (A major) I'm gonna be.
(D major) (D major)
Tom Joad
Jack Elliott
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