DG
Now a deputy sheriff fired
D
loose at a man,
GD
Shot a woman in the back.
GD
Before he could take his aim again,
D
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track,
poor boy,
DAD
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track.
[Verse 2]
G
They handcuffed Casey and they
D
took him in jail;
GD
And then he got away.
G
And he met Tom Joad on the
D
old river bridge,
D
And these few words he did say, poor boy,
DAD
These few words he did say.
[Verse 3]
G
"I preached for the Lord a
D
mighty long time,
GD
Preached about the rich and the poor.
GD
Us workin' folkses, all get together,
D
'Cause we ain't got a chance anymore.
DAD
We ain't got a chance anymore."
[Verse 4]
G
Now, the deputies come,
D
and Tom and Casey run
GD
To the bridge where the water run down.
G
But the vigilante thugs hit
D
Casey with a club,
D
They laid Preacher Casey on the ground,
poor Casey,
DAD
They laid Preacher Casey on the ground.
[Verse 5]
GD
Tom Joad, he grabbed that deputy's club,
GD
Hit him over the head.
G
Tom Joad took flight in
D
the dark rainy night,
D
And a deputy and a preacher lying dead,
two men,
DAD
A deputy and a preacher lying dead.
[Verse 6]
GD
Tom run back where his mother was asleep;
GD
He woke her up out of bed.
G
An' he kissed goodbye to the
D
mother that he loved,
D
Said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Joad,
DAD
He said what Preacher Casey said.
[Verse 7]
GD
"Ever'body might be just one big soul,
GD
Well it looks that a-way to me.
G
Everywhere that you look,
D
in the day or night,
D
That's where I'm a-gonna be, Ma,
DAD
That's where I'm a-gonna be.
[Verse 8]
G
Wherever little children are
D
hungry and cry,
GD
Wherever people ain't free.
GD
Wherever men are fightin' for
their rights,
D
That's where I'm a-gonna be, Ma.
DAD
That's where I'm a-gonna be."