Elvis Costello – The Ghost Of Tom Joad - Do Re Mi (Guitar Acoustic)

Capo 2
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Chords

Elvis Costello plays with capo on 7th fret so the equivalent chords are: Am Em C G G Dsus2 F C [Intro] Am x7 [Verse 1]
Am                      Am/G     Am
  Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks

C                       Am       G
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back

G
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge

    Am                  G       Am
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge

Am                      Am/G     Am
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner

C                  Am    G
Welcome to the new world order

G
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest

   Am             G        Am
No home no job no peace no rest
[Chorus]
    F
The highway is alive tonight

           C      G         Am
Where it's headed everybody knows

G
Sittin' down here in the campfire light

Am             G            Am
Gwaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
[Verse 2]
C                       F          C
Lots of people out here east, they say

F                           G
Leavin' home most ev'ry day
Beatin' the hot old dusty way
F         G       C
To the California line

C                                F
'Cross the desert sands they roll

                                  G
getting out of that old dust bowl

                                             F
And they think they're going to a sugar bowl

       G         C
Here's what they find

    G                     D     G
The police at the port of entry say
"You're number fourteen thousand for today." [Chorus]
          C
Oh if you ain't got the do-re-mi, boys

                           G
If you ain't got the do-re-mi
Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
                         F      C
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
[Verse 3]
C
California is a garden of Eden

                              F
It's a paradise to live in or see

    C             G
But believe it or not

                     F
You won't find it so hot

                     F  G  Am
If you ain't got the do-re-mi
[Verse 4]
Am                                        Am/G     Am
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy

           C              Am   G
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries

G
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air

Am              G       Am
Look for me Tom I'll be there

Am                                       Am/G      Am
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand

   C               Am      G
Or decent job or a helpin' hand

G
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free

Am             G          Am
Look for me Ma you'll see me."
[Chorus]
    F
The highway is alive tonight

           C      G         Am
Where it's headed everybody knows

G
Sittin' down here in the campfire light

Am                      G       Am
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad
[Chorus]
    F
The highway is alive tonight

           C      G         Am
Where it's headed everybody knows

G
Sittin' down here in the campfire light

Am                      G       Am
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad