Woody Guthrie Dust Bowl Blues (not to be confused with Talking Dust Bowl Blues from same album) Tabbed by Dan Clegg (danjclegg@gmail.com), October 2011 Listen to the song to get the intro, easier than it looks. Capo 2 Intro (^ down, v up...) e|-------------------------3--333-333-333---| B|---000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0---3--333-333-333---| G|---333-3-0-0-333-3-0-0---0--000-000-000---| D|---000-0-0-0-000-0-2-0--------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------3-------3----------| ^v^ ^ ^ ^ ^v^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v^v^v^v v^v e|-------------------------3--333-333-333---| B|----0000-0-0-000000-000--3--333-333-333---| G|----0003-3-2-003332-000--0--000-000-000---| D|----0000-0-0-000000-000-------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------3-------3----------| v^v^ ^ ^ ^v^v^v v^v^ ^ v^v^v^v v^v e|-------------------------3--333-333-333---| B|----0000-0-0-000-0-0-00--3--333-333-333---| G|----0003-3-2-000-0-0-00--0--000-000-000---| D|----0000-0-0-003-3-2-00-------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------3-------3----------| v^v^ ^ ^ ^v^ ^ ^ ^v^ ^ v^v^v^v v^v G I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues, G I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues, D G I-- just blowed in, and I'll blow back out again. I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues, I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues, But when the dust gets high, you can't even see the sky. I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing, I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing, And the wind so cold, boy, it nearly cut your water off. I seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down, I've seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down, Buried my tractor six feet underground. e|-------------------------3--333-333-333---| B|----0000-0-0-000-0-0-00--3--333-333-333---| G|----0000-0-0-003-3-2-00--0--000-000-000---| D|----0003-3-2-000-0-0-00-------------------| A|------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------3-------3----------| v^v^ ^ ^ ^v^ ^ ^ ^v^ ^ v^v^v^v v^v Well, it turned my farm into a pile of sand, Yes, it turned my farm into a pile of sand, I had to hit that road with a bottle in my hand. [repeat above tabbed part] I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl, I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl, When you get that dust pneumony, boy, it's time to go. I had a gal, and she was young and sweet, I had a gal, and she was young and sweet, But a dust storm buried her sixteen hundred feet. She was a good gal, long, tall and stout, Yes, she was a good gal, long, tall and stout, I had to get a steam shovel just to dig my darlin' out. [repeat stunted version of above tabbed part] G These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know, G These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know, D G Buried head over heels in the black old dust, I had to pack up and go, D G An' I just blowed in, an' I'll soon blow out again......