Tom Joad Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
Tom [G]Joad got
out of [D]the old McAlester Pen
[G]There he got his pa[D]role
After [G]four long years on
[D]a man killing charge
Tom Joad come a- walkin' down the road,
poor boy
Tom Joad come a- walkin'
[A]down the [D]road

[Verse 2]
Tom [G]Joad, he met [D]a truck driving man
[G]There he caught him a [D]ride
He said, I [G]just got loose from
[D]McAlester Pen
On a charge called homicide
A charge called [A]homicide

[Verse 3]
[D]That tru[G]ck rolled away
in a [D]cloud of dust
[G]Tommy turned his face toward [D]home
He [G]met Preacher Casey,
and they [D]had a little drink
But they found that his family
they was gone
He found that his [A]family
they was [D]gone

[Verse 4]
[G]He found his mother's
[D]old fashion shoe
[G]Found his daddy's [D]hat
[G]And he found little Muley
[D]and Muley said
They've been tractored out
by the cats
They've been [A]tractored out by [D]the cats

[Verse 5]
Tom [G]Joad walked down to
[D]the neighbor's farm
[G]Found his family
[D]The[G]y took Preacher Casey
and [D]loaded in a car
And his mother said,
We've got to get away
His mother said, We've [A]got to get [D]away

[Verse 6]
Now, [G]the twelve of the Joads made
[D]a mighty heavy load
But [G]Grandpa Joad did [D]cry
[G]He picked up a handful
[D]of land in his hand
Said: I'm stayin' with the farm till I die
Yes, I'm stayin' with [A]the farm till I [D]die

[Verse 7]
They [G]fed him short ribs and
[D]coffee and soothing syrup
And [G]Grandpa Joad did [D]die
They bur[G]ied Grandpa Joad by
[D]the side of the road
Grandma on the California side
They buried Grandma on
the [A]California [D]side

[Verse 8]
They [G]stood on a mountain and
[D]they looked to the west
And [G]it looked like the promised [D]land
That [G]bright green valley with
[D]a river running through
There was work for every single hand,
they thought
There was work for every [A]single [D]hand

[Verse 9]
[G]The Joads rolled away to
[D]the jungle camp
[G]There they cooked [D]a stew
And [G]the hungry little kids
of [D]the jungle camp
Said: We'd like to have some, too
Said: We'd like [A]to have some, [D]too

[Verse 10]
Now [G]a deputy sheriff fired [D]loose at a man
[G]Shot a woman in the [D]back
Be[G]fore he could take his [D]aim again
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track,
poor boy
Preacher Casey dropped [A]him in his [D]track

[Verse 11]
They [G]handcuffed Casey and
[D]they took him in jail
And [G]then he got [D]away
And [G]he met Tom Joad
[D]on the old river bridge
And these few words he did say,
poor boy
These few [A]words he did [D]say

[Verse 12]
I [G]preached for the Lord
[D]a mighty long time
[G]Preached about the rich and [D]the poor
Us [G]workin' folkses, [D]all get together
Cause we ain't got a chance anymore
We ain't got [A]a chance any[D]more

[Verse 13]
Now, [G]the deputies come,
and [D]Tom and Casey run
To the [G]bridge where the water run [D]down
But the vi[G]gilante thugs hit
Ca[D]sey with a club
They laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
poor Casey
They laid Preacher [A]Casey on the [D]ground

[Verse 14]
Tom [G]Joad, he grabbed that [D]deputy's club
[G]Hit him over the [D]head
[G]Tom Joad took flight in the [D]dark rainy night
And a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men
A deputy and a [A]preacher lying [D]dead

[Verse 15]
[G]Tom run back where his [D]mother was asleep
He [G]woke her up out of [D]bed
An' he [G]kissed goodbye to
[D]the mother that he loved
Said what Preacher Casey said,
Tom Joad
He said what [A]Preacher Casey [D]said

[Verse 16]
Ever[G]'body might be just [D]one big soul
Well it [G]looks that a- way [D]to me
[G]Everywhere that you look,
in [D]the day or night
That's where I'm a- gonna be, Ma
That's where [A]I'm a- gonna [D]be

[Verse 17]
[G]Wherever little children are
[D]hungry and cry
[G]Wherever people ain't [D]free
[G]Wherever men are fight
[D]in' for their rights
That's where I'm a- gonna be, Ma
That's where [A]I'm a- gonna
[D]be

[Outro 1]
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