Washington Talkin' Blues
Washington Talkin' Blues

Washington Talkin' Blues easy guitar chords by Woody Guthrie

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    • Verse 1

    Long about 

    nineteen 
    twentynine. 

    I 
    owned a little 
    farm, 

    was a doin' just 
    fine. 

    Raised a little 
    row crop 
    raised 
    some wheat 

    Sold 
    it over at 
    the 
    county 
    seat, 

    Drawed 
    the 
    money. 
    Raised 

    a 
    family. 

    Verse 2
    But the dust 
    came along, 

    and the 
    price went 
    down, 

    Didn't have 
    the money when 
    the 

    bank come 
    around; 

    Tumble 
    weed
    s and the 
    black dust 
    blowed, 

    So 
    we hit the 
    trail to the land 

    where the 
    waters 
    floed, 

    Way 
    out across 
    yonder 
    some
    where. 

    Verse 3
    Well, the 
    hot old 
    rocks 

    and the desert 
    sand 

    Made 
    my mind 
    run 
    back to 
    the dust bowl 
    land, 


    But my hopes 
    was 
    high and 
    we rolled 
    along 

    To 
    the Columbia 
    River up 
    in 

    Washington. 

    Lots of good 
    rain, 

    Little piece 
    of 
    land. 
    Feller might 
    grow something. 

    Verse 4
    We settled 
    down on 

    some cut over 
    land 

    Pulled up 
    brush and 
    the stumps 

    by 
    hand. 

    Hot sun burnt 
    up my 
    first crop 
    of wheat 

    And the 
    river down 
    the canyon 

    just 500 feet. 

    Might 
    as 
    we of been 
    50 miles. 

    Couldn't get 
    no water. 

    We loaded our 
    belongings 
    an
    d we lit 
    out for town 

    Verse 5
    Seen 
    the old 

    vacant houses 
    and 
    farms all 
    around, 


    And folks a leaving 
    out, 

    if 
    you're asking 
    me 

    That's as 
    lonesome as 
    sight 

    as a feller can 
    see. 

    Good land. 
    Grow anything 
    you plant, 

    long as you can 
    get the moisture. 

    I struck a lumber 
    town 
    and 
    heard the big 
    saw 
    sing, 

    Verse 6

    And when business 
    is good, 

    why lumber's king; 

    I 
    went 
    to lookin' for 
    a 

    job 
    but the 
    man said 
    no, 

    So 
    we hit the 
    skids on 

    the old skid 
    row. 

    Traipsing 
    up and down. 
    Chasing 
    a 

    bite 
    to eat. 
    Kids 
    hungry 

    Heard about 
    a 
    job, 
    Verse 7

    so we hit 
    the wheat 

    Made about 
    enough for 
    the kids to 
    eat, 

    Picked 
    in the berries, 

    gathered 
    in the fruit, 

    Hops, 
    peaches, 
    and the apples, 
    too. 

    Slept 
    in just about everything 

    except 
    a 
    good warm 
    bed. 

    Been 
    to Arizon
    a, been 
    Verse 8
    to California, 

    too, 

    Found 
    the people 
    was plenty but 

    the jobs 
    was 
    few; 

    Well 
    may
    be it's 
    like 
    the feller said, 

    When 
    they 
    ain't enough 
    arok, well, 

    business 
    is 
    dead, 

    Sorta 
    ailin'. 
    Ain't no 
    money a changin' 
    hands, 

    just people 
    changing 
    places. 
    Folks 
    wastin gasoline 
    a'chasin' around. 

    Verse 9
    Now 
    what we 
    need 
    is a 

    great big 
    dam 

    To throw a lot 
    of 
    water 
    out acrost 
    that 
    land, 


    People could 
    work 
    an

    d the stuff 
    would grow 

    And 
    you could 
    wave 
    goodbye 

    to the old 
    Skid 
    Row 

    Work hard, 
    raise all 
    kinds 
    of stuff, kids, too. 

    Take it easy. 

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