Woody Guthrie - Do re mi
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Do Re Mi
By Woody Guthrie
Capo 4th Fret - Key of EM
Intro
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Verse
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Lots ... leaving... Beatin'... etc...
ELots of folks back east they say,
Is leAaving home, every day,
BBeatin' the hot old dusty way
To the CEalifornia line
ECross the desert sands they roll,
AGettin' out of that ol' dust bowl.
ThBey think they'rEe goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find:
Chorus:
Now tBhe police at the port of entry say, *
You're number fourteen thousand for today.
Oh, ifE you ain't got the do-re-mi, folks,
If youB ain't got the do-re-mi,
Well, you better go back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, KEansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is aA Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see.
But beElieve it or not, you won't find it so hot
IfB you ainE't got the do-re-mi
If you want to buy a home or farm,
That can't deal nobody harm,
Or take your vacation
By the mountains or sea
Don't swap your old cow for a car,
You better stay right where you are,
You better take this little tip from me.
Chorus:
* 'Cause I look through the want ads every day,
But the headlines on the papers always say
If you ain't ...