Do Re Mi chords by Guthrie Woody

Chords with lyrics

Do Re Mi chords
Woody Guthrie 1940

Capo IV

e|----------------------------|count from capo
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|
D MajorD|--------2-0-2--2-0-2-0------|
A augmentedA|-----3-----------------3-0--|
E MajorE|-3-3------------------------|

C majorC FF G+G C majorC FF G+G C majorC

C majorC                   FF
Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day,
G+G                        C majorC
Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line.
                  FF
'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl,
   G+G                             C majorC
They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find
     G+G
Now, the police at the port of entry say,

"You're number fourteen thousand for today."

C majorC                           G+G
Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi,
                                       C majorC
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
                             FF
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
   C majorC
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
           G+G   C majorC
If you ain't got the do re mi.

C majorC                   FF
You want to buy you a home or a farm, that can't deal nobody harm,
  G+G                   C majorC
Or take your vacation by the mountains or sea.
                    FF
Don't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you are,
G+G                C majorC
Better take this little tip from me.
     G+G
'Cause I look through the want ads every day

But the headlines on the papers always say:

C majorC                           G+G
Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, boys, you ain't got the do re mi,
                                       C majorC
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
                             FF
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
   C majorC
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
           G+G   C majorC
If you ain't got the do re mi.

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