How Can You Keep On Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)?
Ry Cooder
From the album "Into the Purple Valley" (1972)
Standard OR Open G with Capo V (which is how Ry plays it on his Sunburst Stratocaster)
C F C
How can you keep on moving unless you migrate too
C D G7
They tell ya to keep on moving but migrate, you must not do
C F C
The only reason for moving and the reason why I roam
C G C
To move to a new location and find myself a home
|F F/C |F F/C |G G/D |G G/D |G |C |
C F C
I can't go back to the homestead, the shack no longer stands
D G7
They said I was uneeded, had no claim to the land
C F C
They said, "Come on, get moving, it's the only thing for you"
C G C
But how can you keep moving unless you migrate too
Slide guitar solo
C F C
Now if you pitch your little tent along the broad highway
C D G7
The Board of Sanitation says, "Sorry, you can't stay"
C F C
Come on, come on, get moving it's their everlasting cry
C G C
Can't stay, can't go back, can't migrate, so where the hell am I
C F C
How can you keep on moving unless you migrate too
C D G7
They tell ya to keep on moving but migrate, you must not do
C F C
The only reason for moving and the reason why I roam
C G C
To move to a new location and find myself a home
|F F/C |F F/C |G G/D |G G/D |G |C |