A5 E5 D5 A5 I was the youngest boy in a family of four D5 A5 E5 We lived in Oklahoma the wind whistled thru our door A5 E5 D5 A5 We scratched out a living in the dirt and and the clay D5 A5 E5 A5 I never will forget it untill my dying days A5 E5 D5 The dust storms they came at us the sky turned cold and A5 black D5 A5 E5 We packed up our belonging and never looked back A5 E5 D5 A5 We rode out west toward the sun just a heartbeat away D5 A5 E5 A5 I never will forget it untill my dying days A5 D5 E5 F#5 We were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream D5 A5 Down the road lay the promised lands our fields would all E5 turn green A5 D5 E5 F#5 We were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before D5 A5 E5 A5 Just to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore A5 E5 When we first set eyes on The San Joaquin D5 A5 Was like a friend we always knew D5 A5 E5 The gates swing open so far & wide even God could drive thru A5 E5 D5 A5 We worked the crops from dawn to dust shared along the way D5 A5 E5 A5 I never will forget it untill my dying days A5 D5 E5 F#5 We were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream D5 A5 Down the road lay the promised lands our fields had all E5 turned green A5 D5 E5 F#5 We were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before D5 A5 E5 A5 Just to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore D5 A5 E5 A5 Crossed our River Jordan to reach the other shore
