| (woody guthrie) | |
| (g) - (c) - (g7) - (d) - (d7) - (bm) - (em) | |
| (g) lots of folks back east they say | |
| (c) leaving home most every day | |
| (d7) beating the hot old dusty way | |
| To the (g) california line | |
| 'cross the desert sands they roll | |
| (c) getting out of that old dust bowl | |
| (d) think they're coming to a sugar bowl | |
| But (g) here's (d7) what they (g) find | |
| (d) police at the port of entry say | |
| You're number fourteen thousand for to (d7) day | |
| Hey, if you (g) ain't got the do re mi, boy | |
| If you ain't got the do re (d) mi | |
| Well, you (d7) better go back to beautiful texas | |
| Oklahoma, kansas, georgia, tennes- (g) see | |
| California is the garden of eden | |
| It's a paradise to (g7) live in or (c) see | |
| But be(g)lieve it or (d) not | |
| You won't (bm) find it so (c) hot | |
| If you (em) ain't got the do re (g) mi | |
| You want to buy a home or a farm | |
| That can't do nobody harm | |
| Take your vacation by the mountains or sea | |
| Don't swap your old cow for a car | |
| You better stay right where you are | |
| Better take this little tip from me | |
| Well, i look through the want ads every day | |
| The headlines in the papers always say |