Woody Guthrie – Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done (Guitar)

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   I'm just a lonesome traveler, the Great Historical Bum

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Highly educated, from history I have come

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I built the Rock of Ages, 'twas in the year of one

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And that's about the biggest thing that man had ever done

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I worked in the Garden of Eden, that was the year of two

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Joined the apple pickers' union, I always paid my due

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I'm the man that signed the contract to raise the rising sun

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That was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

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I was straw boss on the pyramids, and the Tower of Babel, too

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Opened up the ocean, let the migrant children through

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I fought a million battles and I never lost a one

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And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

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I beat the daring Roman, I beat the daring Turk

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Defeated Nero's army with thirty minutes work

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I fought the greatest leaders and I licked them every one

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And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

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I was in the Revolution when we set the country free

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It was me and a couple of Indians that dumped the Boston tea

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We won the battle at Valley Forge, and battle of Bully Run

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That was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

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There's a man across the ocean and I guess you know him well

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His name is Adolf Hitler and damn his soul to hell

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We'll kick him in the panzers and put him on the run

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That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

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There's mines and mills and factories that run for Uncle Sam

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Producin' for the soldier boys that fight for this great land

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Our job it is a tough one, it'll take us every one

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But this will be the biggest thing that man has ever done

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There's warehouse guys and teamsters and guys that skin the cats

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Guys that run the steel mills, the furnace and the blast

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We'll stop the Axis rattlesnakes and thieves of old Nippon

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That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

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Well, I'd better quit my talking, 'cause I told you all I know

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Please remember, pardner, wherever you may go

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The world is digging Hitler's grave and when the job is done

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That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done

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Yes, that'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done