Chords with lyrics
Verse:
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Lot of folks back east say leave home most every day
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Hitting the hard old dusty trail to the California line
Well across the desert sands they rode
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Getting out out of the old dust bowl
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Think they're going to a sugar bowl here's what they find
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For the police at the port of entry say
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Your number 14,000 for the day
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Well if you ain't got the do re me boys
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You ain't got the do re me
Well you better go back to beautiful Texas
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Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
California's a garden of eden
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It's paradise to live and see
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But believe it or not you won't find it so hot
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If you ain't got the do re me
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Now if you want to buy a home or farm
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That can't do nobody harm
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Take your vacation by the mountains or the sea
But you better not swap your cow for car
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Better stay right where you are
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Better take this little tip from me
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Cause I look thru the want ads every day
And the headlines on the paper always say
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Well if you ain't got the do re me boys
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You ain't got the do re me
Well you better go back to beautiful Texas
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Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
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California's a garden of eden
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It's paradise for you and for me
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But believe it or not you won't find it so hot
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If you ain't got the do re me