Hard Travelin' Woody Guthrie
The following figure is played wherever there is a long F:
[F]: . [/D] . . [/C] : . [/a-A] . .
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Verse 1
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed.
I've been havin' some hard travelin', [G]way down the [C]road.
[F]I've been havin' some hard travelin', [Bb]hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
An' [C]I've been havin' some hard travelin', [F]Lawd.
Verse 2
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been ridin' them blind passengers, I thought you knowed.
I've been ridin' in fast wheelers, [G]way down the [C]road.
[F]Blind passengers, flat wheelers, dead [Bb]enders, kicking up cinders
An' [C]I've been havin' some hard travelin', [F]Lawd.
Verse 3
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Ooh, I've been workin' in a hard rock tunnel, I thought you knowed.
I've been pourin' red hot slag way dow[G]n the road.[C]
[F]I've been a-blastin' an' I've been fir[Bb]in' an' I've been pourin' the red hot iron
An' [C]I've been havin' some hard travelin', [F]Lawd.
Verse 4
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been walkin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed.
I've been hitchin' on the '66, way dow[G]n the road.[C]
[F]Heavy load, a worried man, I'm a-looki[Bb]n' for a woman that's a-hard to find
I've[C] been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd[F].
Verse 5
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed.
North Dakota to Kansas City way down t[G]he road.[C]
[F]Bunchin' that wheat an' stacking that [Bb]hay, trying to make about a dollar a day
An' [C]I've been havin' some hard travelin', [F]Lawd.
Verse 6
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been locked in a hard rock jail, I thought you knowed.
I've been layin' out ninety days, way [G]down the road[C].
[F]The mean old judge he says to me, "Tha[Bb]t's a-ninety days for vagrancy."
An' [C]I've been hittin' some hard travelin',[F] Lawd.
Verse 7
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed.
I've been hittin' some hard travelin',[G] way down the[C] road.
[F]I've been hittin' some hard travelin',[Bb] hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
An' [C]I've been havin' some hard travelin', [F]Lawd
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