#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # 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
