Am       Em
 C        G
 G        Dsus2
 F        C

[Intro]
Am  x7

[Verse 1]
Am                      Am/G     Am
  Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
C                       Am       G
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
G
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
    Am                  G       Am
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge

Am                      Am/G     Am
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
C                  Am    G
Welcome to the new world order
G
Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
   Am             G        Am
No home no job no peace no rest

[Chorus]
    F
The highway is alive tonight
           C      G         Am
Where it's headed everybody knows
G
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am             G            Am
Gwaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad

[Verse 2]
C                       F          C
Lots of people out here east, they say
F                           G
Leavin' home most ev'ry day

Beatin' the hot old dusty way
F         G       C
To the California line

C                                F
'Cross the desert sands they roll
                                  G
getting out of that old dust bowl
                                             F
And they think they're going to a sugar bowl
       G         C
Here's what they find
    G                     D     G
The police at the port of entry say

"You're number fourteen thousand for today."

[Chorus]
          C
Oh if you ain't got the do-re-mi, boys
                           G
If you ain't got the do-re-mi

Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
                         F      C
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee

[Verse 3]
C
California is a garden of Eden
                              F
It's a paradise to live in or see
    C             G
But believe it or not
                     F
You won't find it so hot
                     F  G  Am
If you ain't got the do-re-mi

[Verse 4]
Am                                        Am/G     Am
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
           C              Am   G
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
G
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Am              G       Am
Look for me Tom I'll be there
Am                                       Am/G      Am
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
   C               Am      G
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
G
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Am             G          Am
Look for me Ma you'll see me."

[Chorus]
    F
The highway is alive tonight
           C      G         Am
Where it's headed everybody knows
G
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am                      G       Am
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad

[Chorus]
    F
The highway is alive tonight
           C      G         Am
Where it's headed everybody knows
G
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Am                      G       Am
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad