E|------------------------------|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 E|------------------------------|--| B E|------------------------------|--| G -0E|------------------------------|| D ---3-2-------------0h2----------| A ------------3--------------3----| E E|------------------------------|--| C C C G e E|------------------------------|--| B E|------------------------------|--| G -0E|------------------------------|| D ---3-2-------------0h2----------| A ------------3-------------------| E ----------------------------3---| C C C C e E|------------------------------|------| B E|------------------------------|------| G -0-----------------0----------------| D ---3-2---------------3-2------------| A ------------3-----------------3-----| E 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 1C 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 2C C 'Cross the mountains to the sea,C G Come the wife and kids and me.C C It's a hot old dusty highwayC G C For a dust bowl refugee. Verse 3C C Hard, it's always been that way,C G Here today and on our wayC C Down that mountain, 'cross the desert,C G C Just a dust bowl refugee. Verse 4C 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 5C 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 worldC G C For a dust bowl refugee. Verse 6C C Yes, we ramble and we roamC G And the highway that's our home,C C It's a never-ending highwayC G C For a dust bowl refugee. Verse 7C C Yes, we wander and we workC G In your crops and in your fruit,C C Like the whirlwinds on the desertC G C That's the dust bowl refugees. Verse 8C C I'm a dust bowl refugee,C G I'm a dust bowl refugee,C C And I wonder will I alwaysC G C Be a dust bowl refugee?
Dust Bowl Refugee
Woody Guthrie
- C
- G
Tom: