Do Re Mi Woody Guthrie
Do â?? Re â?? Mi
By Woody Guthrie
Capo 4th Fret - Key of EM
Intro
[E] [A] [B] [E]
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[E] [A] [B] [E] [B] [E]
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Verse
[E] [A] [B]
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Lots ... leaving... Beatin'... etc...
[E]Lots of folks back east they say,
Is le[A]aving home, every day,
[B]Beatinâ?? the hot old dusty way
To the California li[E]ne
[E]Cross the desert sands they roll,
[A]Gettinâ?? out of that olâ?? dust bowl.
They thi[B]nk theyâ??re goinâ?? to a sugar bowl, but hereâ??s what [E]they find:
Chorus:
Now t[B]he police at the port of entry say, *
Youâ??re number fourteen thousand for today.
Oh, if you a[E]inâ??t got the do-re-mi, folks,
If you ainâ??t got the d[B]o-re-mi,
Well, you better go back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Te[E]nnessee.
California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or [A]see.
But be[E]lieve it or not, you wonâ??t find it so hot
If you a[B]inâ??t got the do-r[E]e-mi
If you want to buy a home or farm,
That can't deal nobody harm,
Or take your vacation
By the mountains or sea
Donâ??t swap your old cow for a car,
You better stay right where you are,
You better take this little tip from me.
Chorus:
* â??Cause I look through the want ads every day,
But the headlines on the papers always say
If you ain't ...
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