Woody Guthrie – Hard Travelin (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
G                    C                G
I been a-havin' some hard travellin', I thought you knowed,

                                      D7
I been a-havin' some hard travellin', way down the road,

G                    G7               C              C7
I been a-havin' some hard travellin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin',

D7                                  G
I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord.
[Verse 2]
G                     C                 G
I been a-workin' in a hard rock tunnel, I thought you knowed,

                                      D7
I been a-leanin' on a pressure drill, way down the road,

G              G7                 C                 C7
Hammer flyin', air hose suckin', six feet of mud, I sure been a-muckin'

D7                                  G
I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord.
[Verse 3]
G                     C                G
I been a-workin' that Pittsburg steel, I thought you knowed,

                                  D7
I been workin' that red-hot slag, way down the road,

G                    G7             C                C7
I been a-blastin', I been a-firin', I been a-duckin' red-hot iron,

D7                                  G
I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord.
[Verse 4]
G                   C                G
I been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed,

                                    D7
I been hittin' some rough handlin', way down the road,

G                  G7               C                     C7
Cut that wheat and stack that hay, tryin' to make about a dollar a day,

D7                                  G
I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord.
[Verse 5]
G                   C                G
I been hittin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed,

                                 D7
I been a-hittin' that sixty-six, way down the road,

G               G7           C                          C7
Heavy load and worried mind, lookin' for a woman that's hard to find,

D7                                  G
I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord.
[Verse 6]
G                    C                G
I been a-havin' some hard travellin', I thought you knowed,

                                      D7
I been a-havin' some hard travellin', way down the road,

G                    G7               C              C7
I been a-havin' some hard travellin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin',

D7                                  G
I been havin' some hard travellin', Lord.