Do – Re – Mi
By Woody Guthrie
Capo 4th Fret - Key of EM
Intro
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Verse
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Lots ... leaving... Beatin'... etc...
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Lots of folks back east they say,
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Is leaving home, every day,
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Beatin’ the hot old dusty way
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To the California line
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Cross the desert sands they roll,
A
Gettin’ out of that ol’ dust bowl.
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They think they’re goin’ to a sugar bowl, but here’s what they find:
Chorus:
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Now the police at the port of entry say, *
You’re number fourteen thousand for today.
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Oh, if you ain’t got the do-re-mi, folks,
B
If you ain’t got the do-re-mi,
Well, you better go back to beautiful Texas,
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Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
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California is a Garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see.
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But believe it or not, you won’t find it so hot
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If you ain’t got the do-re-mi
If you want to buy a home or farm,
That can't deal nobody harm,
Or take your vacation
By the mountains or sea
Don’t swap your old cow for a car,
You better stay right where you are,
You better take this little tip from me.
Chorus:
* ‘Cause I look through the want ads every day,
But the headlines on the papers always say
If you ain't ...
