D                     A7
A folding cot, that's about my speed;
                                  D
Some folding money is the thing I need;
   D7                     G
Fourteen kids and a hog to feed,
  D         A7       D
Got the relocation blues.

    D                        A7
County welfare it will make you fat,
                         D
It will buy you a brand new Stetson hat,
      D7                   G
If you can prove you're a Democrat,
  D       A7        D
Got the relocation blues.

                       A7
I don't know, but I been told
                                 D
That uptown factory is made out of gold;
    D7                        G
But I'm too dumb to work, too weak to roll,
   D        A7        D
Got those relocation blues.

                           A7
A factory hand he pays a union fee;
                             D
A farmer, he gets a great big subsidy;
      D7                 G
All a coal miner gets is sympathy,
   D      A7        D
Got the relocation blues.