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Tom Joad easy guitar chords by 
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Verse 1
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Tom Joad is the story of
the Grapes of Wrath.
Maybe you remember seeing that
moving picture.
The folks back around
Oklahoma and Arkansas,
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parts of Texas and Nebraska and Kansas
all got dusted out of their homes
back in the late 20s and early 30s,
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and here's the story about it.
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Tom Joad got out of the old McAllister pen,
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It was there that he got his parole.
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After four long years on a
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man -killin' charge,
Tom Joad come a -walkin'
down the road.
The poor boy Tom Joad
come a -walkin' down the road.
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Tom Joad, he met a truck -drivin' man,
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It was there that he caught him a -ridin',
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Said, I just got loose from
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the MacAllister pen,
On a charge to call home his side,
On a charge to call home his side.
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Truck rolled away in a cloud of dust,
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Tommy turned his face towards home,
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Met Preacher Casey and
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they had a little drink,
And he found that his family,
they was gone,
And poor boy,
he found that his family was gone.
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He found his mother's
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old -fashioned shoe,
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And he found his daddy's hat.
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Found little Muley and Muley said,
They'd been tractored
out by the cats.
Tom's entractored out by the cats.
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He went on down to the neighbor's farm,
G
And he found his family.
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Took preacher Casey
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and loaded in a car,
And his mammy said, got to get away.
Tom, his mammy said, we got to get away.
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The twelve of the Joads
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made a mighty heavy load,
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But Grandpa Joad didn't cry.
G
He picked up a handful of
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land in his hand,
And said, I'm stickin'
with my farm till I die.
I'm stayin' with the farm till I die.
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Fed some short ribs and coffee
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and soothing syrup
G
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But Grandpa Joe did die
G
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Buried Grandpa Joe on the
side of the road
Buried Grandma on the California side
Buried Grandma on the California side
G
Stood on the mountain and
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looked to the west
G
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And it looked like the promised land,
G
That big green valley with a
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river runnin' through.
There was work for every single hand,
They thought, work for every single hand.
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The Joes rolled into a jungle camp,
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It was there that they cooked them a stew.
G
And the hungry little kids
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in the jungle camp
Said, we'd like to have some too,
yes, we'd like to have some too.
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A deputy sheriff fired loose at a man
G
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And he shot a woman in the back
G
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But before he could take his aim again,
It was Preacher Casey dropped
him in his tracks,
good boy, Preacher Casey
dropped him in his tracks.
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They handcuffed Casey
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and they took him to jail,
G
and then he got away,
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G
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and he met Tom Jones by the old river bridge,
and these few words he did say,
prayed to Casey, these few
Two words he did say,
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I preached for the Lord a
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mighty long time,
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Preached about the rich and the poor,
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Us workin' folks has got
to get together,
Cause we ain't any chance anymore,
God knows we ain't got
a chance anymore.
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Then the deputies come,
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and Tom and Casey run
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To the bridge where the water runs down.
G
And the vigilante thugs hit
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Casey with a club,
And they laid Preacher
Casey on the ground.
Poor Casey, they laid Preacher
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Casey on the ground.
G
Then Tom picked up that
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deputy's club
G
D
and he hit him over the head.
G
Then Tom Joe took flight
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in the dark rainy night
and left a deputy and a
preacher line dead.
Two men and a preacher
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and a deputy line dead.
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Tom hung back where his
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mother was asleep,
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And he woke her up out of bed,
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And he kissed good -bye
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to the mother that he loved,
And he said, what preacher Casey said,
Tom Joe,
He said, what preacher Casey said,
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Everybody might be just one big soul,
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Well, it looks that way to me.
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So everywhere that you look
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in the day or the night,
That's where I'm a -gonna be.
Ma, that's where I'm a -gonna be.
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Wherever little children are
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hungry and dry,
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Wherever people ain't free,
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Wherever men are fight
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ing for their rights,
That's where I'm gonna be,
That's where I'm gonna
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be.
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