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^GI've seen the 'gators and the skeeters Down in the swamps of Louisi^D7an

I've seen the Painted Desert

I've traveled across Texas burning ^Gsand

I've seen the great Rocky Mountains

That reach up where the ^G7mighty eagle ^Csoars You know ^D7big or small I've seen it all

From a boxcar ^Gdoor

I've seen those wheat fields out in Kansas

In Iowa I've watched the tall corn ^D7grow

Seen 'em picking fruit in Florida

Watched 'em digging taters up in Ida^Gho

I've seen the factories in Detroit

I've seen a small ^G7country general ^Cstore And ^D7big or small I've seen it all

From a boxcar ^Gdoor

I've seen the coal mines in Kentucky

I've seen the steel mills in Birming^D7ham

I've seen the Appalachians seen the Hoover

And I've seen every other ^Gdam

I've seen the great Salt Lake in Utah

I've heard the mighty ^G7Ni-agra ^Croar Yeah ^D7big or small I've seen it all

From a boxcar ^Gdoor

I've seen the great Potomac River

The wide Missouri and the O-hi-^D7o

I've seen the Colorado

I've watched the mighty Mississippi ^Gflow

I've seen the great Atlantic Ocean

I've seen California's ^G7golden ^Cshore You know ^D7big or small I've seen it all

From a boxcar ^Gdoor

I've seen the black man in the ghettos

On the reservation I've watched the Nava^D7jo

I've seen the migrant workers

In the fields from Maine down to Mexi^Gco

I've seen the rich man in his penthouse

The shanties and the ^G7shacks of the ^Cpoor Yeah ^D7big or small I've seen it all

From a boxcar ^Gdoor

But my travels are not over

There's lots more that I've just gotta ^D7see

Every day's a new adventure

And I thank the Lord for letting me be ^Gfree

When I hop aboard a boxcar

And hear that mighty ^G7engine start to ^Croar You know ^D7big or small I'll see you all

From a boxcar ^Gdoor Yeah ^D7big or small I'll see you all from a boxcar ^Gdoor

Boxcar Willie - From a boxcar door