Dust Bowl Refugee by Woody Guthrie, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Dust Bowl Refugee

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Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967) was an American songwriter and folk musician. Guthrie's musical legacy consists of hundreds of songs, ballads and improvised works covering topics from political themes to traditional songs to children's songs. Guthrie performed continually throughout his life with his guitar frequently displaying the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists". Guthrie is perhaps best known for his song "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American schools.

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I simply copied chords to all verses for east of reading on scrolling screen.
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This is my attempt at a tab for Woody Guthrie's song "Dust Bowl Refugees" as
played on disc 3 of the library of congress recordings. (Key of C, no capo,
standard tuning.) This is my first tab so please post some
comments/suggestions.

Intro/Between Verses Melody (Chord names above refer to the chord you should be
holding/strumming while playing the melody):

C C C C
e --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|
G -0------------------------------|
D ---3-2-------------0h2----------|
A ------------3--------------3----|
E --------------------------------|

C C C G
e --------------------------------|
B --------------------------------|
G -0------------------------------|
D ---3-2-------------0h2----------|
A ------------3-------------------|
E ----------------------------3---|

C C C C
e ------------------------------------|
B ------------------------------------|
G -0-----------------0----------------|
D ---3-2---------------3-2------------|
A ------------3-----------------3-----|
E ------------------------------------|

C G C
e ---------------------------|
B ---------------------------|
G -----2-------------0-------|
D ---3-----------------2-3---|
A -3-------------------------|
E ------------3--------------|

For the verses he seems to only use the C and G chords with his usual alternating bass
and some hammer ons.

Verse 1
C C
I'm a dust bowl refugee,
C G
Just a dust bowl refugee,
C C
From that dust bowl to the peach bowl,
C G C
Now that peach fuzz is a-killin' me.

Verse 2
C C
'Cross the mountains to the sea,
C G
Come the wife and kids and me.
C C
It's a hot old dusty highway
C G C
For a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 3
C C
Hard, it's always been that way,
C G
Here today and on our way
C C
Down that mountain, 'cross the desert,
C G C
Just a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 4
C C
We are ramblers, so they say,
C G
We are only here today,
C C
Then we travel with the seasons,
C G C
We're the dust bowl refugees.

Verse 5
C C
From the south land and the drought land,
C G
Come the wife and kids and me,
C C
And this old world is a hard world
C G C
For a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 6
C C
Yes, we ramble and we roam
C G
And the highway that's our home,
C C
It's a never-ending highway
C G C
For a dust bowl refugee.

Verse 7
C C
Yes, we wander and we work
C G
In your crops and in your fruit,
C C
Like the whirlwinds on the desert
C G C
That's the dust bowl refugees.

Verse 8
C C
I'm a dust bowl refugee,
C G
I'm a dust bowl refugee,
C C
And I wonder will I always
C G C
Be a dust bowl refugee?