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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 02:23:26 GMT
From: Rick L 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: CRD: Bakersfield Bound Chris Hillman Chords/Lyrics

Chris Hillman  Bakersfield Bound  written by Chris Hillman
Herb Pedersen                                Steve Hill


A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)               D (xx0232@1)       AI (x02220@1)was the youngest boy in a family of four
   D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                               EWe (022100@1)lived in Oklahoma  the wind whistled thru our  door
   A (x02220@1)             E (022100@1)            D (xx0232@1)             AWe (x02220@1)scratched out a living in the dirt and and the clay
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)             AI (x02220@1)never will forget it untill my dying days
A (x02220@1)                  E (022100@1)             D (xx0232@1)                 AThe (x02220@1)dust storms they came at us  the sky turned cold and black
   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)                       EWe (022100@1)packed up our belonging and never looked back
   A (x02220@1)            E (022100@1)                   D (xx0232@1)       AWe (x02220@1)rode out  west toward the sun just a heartbeat away
D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)             AI (x02220@1)never will forget it untill my dying days
        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)        F#mWe (244222@1)were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream
         D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                                      EDown (022100@1)the road lay the promised lands our fields would all turn green
        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)       F#mWe (244222@1)were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before
        D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)             AJust (x02220@1)to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore
A (x02220@1)                           EWhen (022100@1)we first set eyes on The San Joaquin
           D (xx0232@1)              AWas (x02220@1)like a friend we always knew
    D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)                                 EThe (022100@1)gates swing open so far and wide   even God could drive thru
   A (x02220@1)                   E (022100@1)          D (xx0232@1)              AWe (x02220@1)worked the crops from dawn to dust shared along the way
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)             AI (x02220@1)never will forget it untill my dying days
        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)        F#mWe (244222@1)were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream
         D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)                                      EDown (022100@1)the road lay the promised lands our fields had all turned green
        A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)           E (022100@1)       F#mWe (244222@1)were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before
        D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)        E (022100@1)             AJust (x02220@1)to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore
D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)             ACrossed (x02220@1)our River Jordan to reach the other shore

   From The Bakersfield Bound CD  Sugar Hill Records 1996
   Bar None Music/Me And My House, BMI