Chords for Columbia's Waters - Woody Guthrie

Tempo:
122.575 bpm
Chords used:

D

A

G

F#m

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Columbia's Waters - Woody Guthrie chords
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[A]
[D]
[G] [D]
[A]
[D]
Good morning, Mr.
Capa, good morning, man.
[G] I'm just a stranger traveling through your [D] land.
You [A] need a right good worker on your big grand [D] coulee band.
I like to settle down, but I ramble all the time.
I [G] like to settle down with this woman and kids of mine.
But [A] a place to settle down, Captain, is a pretty hard place to [D] find.
[F#m]
[D] Well, I like to work, and I work every time I can.
I got a calyx in the palm of both of my hands.
[A] Rambling around from place to place, hard on a [D] family man.
Well, I like to work, ain't it gonna beg and steal?
[G] The more I'm working, the better it makes me [D] feel.
[A] But my wife and kids get jubilees, and every time [A] they miss, they [D] feel.
I'm a hard rock man, and I come from a hard rock town.
[G] Back in my hometown, I was a man of some [D] renown.
[A] When I take a jackhammer down in a hole, there's gonna be some rock [D] come down.
But Columbia River rolls right down the line.
[G] Columbia water tastes like sparkling [D]
wine.
But [A] the waters in the dust bowl taste like [D] pickling brine.
The money I draw from working on the Coulee Dam,
[G] my wife will meet me at the kitchen door, touching [D] out her hand.
We'll make a [A] little down payment on a 40 [A]-acre track of [D] land.
Well, we'll farm along the river, work it from sun to sun.
[G] Walk along the river and listen to the [D] factories hum.
[A] I'll think to myself, great goodness, the lives, look what we done [D] done.
Hey, take some water from the mountain, mix it up with rain.
Take some [G] metal from the mountain and melt it up [D] again.
[A] Stir it up with power from the Grand Coulee Dam, and you've got a big factory.
[D] Take some water from the valley, mix it up with snow.
[G] Take a rambling family traveling [D] down this road.
[A] Mix it up with a little bit of sunshine, man, and you ought to see the green [D] things grow.
Standing on the mountain, looking out across the sea,
[G] Columbia River's a mighty [D] pretty sight to see.
[A] Gonna settle down and live the rest of my life by the COU. Al Copley.
[D] [A] [D] [A] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
F#m
123111112
D
1321
A
1231
G
2131
F#m
123111112
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Good morning, Mr.
Capa, _ good morning, man. _
[G] I'm just a stranger traveling through your [D] land.
You [A] need a right good worker on your big grand [D] coulee band.
_ _ _ I like to settle down, but I ramble all the time.
_ I [G] like to settle down with this woman and kids of mine.
_ But [A] a place to settle down, Captain, is a pretty hard place to [D] find.
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [D] _ _ Well, I _ _ like to work, and I work every time I can.
_ _ I got a _ _ calyx in the palm of both of my hands. _
[A] Rambling around from place to place, _ hard on a [D] family _ man. _
Well, I like to work, ain't it gonna beg and steal?
_ [G] The more I'm working, the better it makes me [D] feel.
[A] But my wife and kids get jubilees, and every time [A] they miss, they [D] feel. _ _
_ _ I'm a _ hard rock man, and I come from a hard rock town.
[G] Back in my hometown, I was a man of some _ [D] renown.
_ _ [A] When I take a jackhammer down in a hole, there's gonna be some rock [D] come down.
_ _ _ But _ Columbia River _ _ rolls right down the line.
_ [G] Columbia water tastes like sparkling [D] _
wine.
_ But [A] the waters in the dust bowl _ taste like [D] pickling brine.
_ _ _ _ The money I draw from working on the Coulee Dam,
_ [G] my wife will meet me at the kitchen door, touching [D] out her hand. _
_ We'll make a [A] little down payment on a 40 [A]-acre track of [D] land. _ _ _
_ Well, we'll farm along the river, work it from sun to sun.
_ [G] Walk along the river and listen to the [D] factories hum. _ _
_ [A] I'll think to myself, great goodness, the lives, look what we done [D] done.
_ _ _ _ Hey, take some water from the mountain, mix it up with rain. _
Take some [G] metal from the mountain and melt it up [D] again.
_ _ [A] Stir it up with power from the Grand Coulee Dam, and you've got a _ big factory.
[D] _ _ _ _ Take some water from the valley, mix it up with snow. _
[G] Take a rambling family traveling [D] down this _ road.
_ [A] Mix it up with a little bit of sunshine, man, and you ought to see the green [D] things grow.
_ _ _ Standing on the mountain, looking out across the sea, _
_ [G] Columbia River's a mighty [D] pretty sight to see.
_ _ [A] Gonna settle down and live the rest of my life by the _ COU. _ Al Copley.
_ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
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