The Ghost Of Tom Joad Do Re Mi Acoustic chords by Elvis Costello

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Novice

No Capo | Standard Tuning

Bm    - 244222
Em    - 022000
D     - xx0232
A     - x03330
G     - 320033
E     - 022100

Intro:
Bm  x7

Verse 1:
Bm
  Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
D                       Bm       A
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
A
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
    Bm                  Em       Bm
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge

Bm
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
D                        A
Welcome to the new world order
A
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
   Bm             A        Bm
No home no job no peace no rest

Chorus:
    G
The highway is alive tonight
           D      A         Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
A
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Bm             A            Bm
Awaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad

Verse 2:
D                       G          D
Lots of people out here east, they say
G                           A
Leavin' home most ev'ry day

Beatin' the hot old dusty way
G                 D
To the California line

D                            G
'Cross the desert sands they roll
                                  A
getting out of that old dust bowl
                                             G
And they think they're going to a sugar bowl
       D
Here's what they find
    A                     E      A
The police at the port of entry say

"You're number fourteen thousand for today."

Chorus:
          D
Oh if you ain't got the do-re-mi, boys
                           A
If you ain't got the do-re-mi

Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
                         G      D
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee

Verse 3:
D
California is a garden of Eden
                              G
It's a paradise to live in or see
    D             A
But believe it or not
                     G
You won't find it so hot
                     A  Bm D   Bm
If you ain't got the do-re-mi

Verse 4:
Bm
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
           D              Bm   A
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
A
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Bm              A       Bm
Look for me Tom I'll be there
Bm
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
   D               Bm      A
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
A
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Bm             A          Bm
Look for me Ma you'll see me."

Chorus:
    G
The highway is alive tonight
           D      A         Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
A
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Bm                      A       Bm
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad

Chorus:
    G
The highway is alive tonight
           D      A         Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
A
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Bm                      A       Bm
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad