Hard Travelin Chords by Woody Guthrie

Tempo:
130.9 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

G

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Hard Travelin' - Woody Guthrie chords
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[N]
[D]
[A] [D]
[G] [A]
[D]
I've been having some hard traveling, I thought you knowed.
I've been having some hard [A] traveling way down the road.
[D] I've been having some hard traveling, [G] hard rambling, hard [A] gambling.
I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
I've been riding them fast rattlers, I thought you knowed.
I've been riding them flat wheelers [A] way down the road.
[D] I've been riding them dead [G] enders, blind passengers, kicking up [A] cinders.
I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
[A] [D]
Well, I've been hitting some hard rock mining, I thought you knowed.
I've been leaning on a pressure drill [A] way down the road.
[D] Hammer flying, air hose sucking, [G] six foot of mud in the show, [A] been a mucking.
And I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
Well, I've been hitting some hard harvesting, I thought you knowed.
North Dakota to Kansas [A] City, way down the road.
[D] Cutting out wheat and stacking out [G] hay and trying to make about a dollar a [A] day.
And I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
I've been working that Pittsburgh steel, I thought you knowed.
I've been pouring red hot [A] slag way down the road.
[D] I've been blasting, I've been [G] firing, and I've been pouring red hot [A] iron.
And I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
[A]
[D] Well, I've been laying in a hard rock jail, I thought you knowed.
I've been laying out 90 [A] days, way down the road.
[D] And old judge has said to [G] me, it's 90 days for a [A] vagrancy.
And I've been hitting some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
[A]
[D] Well, I've been walking that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed.
I've been hitting that 66, [A] way down the road.
[D] Heavy load and a worried [G] mind, looking for a woman that's [A] hard to find.
And I've been hitting some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
[A]
[G] [A]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
A
1231
D
1321
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To learn Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: D, A, D, G and A. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 65 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 131. Configure the capo to your vocal range and chord preference, remembering the key of C Major.

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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ I've been having some hard traveling, I thought you knowed.
I've been having some hard [A] traveling way down the road.
[D] I've been having some hard traveling, [G] hard rambling, hard [A] gambling.
I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
_ I've been riding them fast rattlers, I thought you knowed.
I've been riding them flat wheelers [A] way down the road.
[D] I've been riding them dead [G] enders, blind passengers, kicking up [A] cinders.
I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ Well, I've been hitting some hard rock mining, I thought you knowed.
I've been leaning on a pressure drill [A] way down the road.
[D] Hammer flying, air hose sucking, [G] six foot of mud in the show, [A] been a mucking.
And I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, I've been hitting some hard harvesting, I thought you knowed.
North Dakota to Kansas [A] City, way down the road.
[D] Cutting out wheat and stacking out [G] hay and trying to make about a dollar a [A] day.
And I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
_ _ I've been working that Pittsburgh steel, I thought you knowed.
I've been pouring red hot [A] slag way down the road.
[D] I've been blasting, I've been [G] firing, and I've been pouring red hot [A] iron.
And I've been having some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Well, I've been laying in a hard rock jail, I thought you knowed.
I've been laying out 90 [A] days, way down the road.
[D] And old judge has said to [G] me, it's 90 days for a [A] vagrancy.
And I've been hitting some hard [D] traveling, Lord.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[D] _ _ _ Well, I've been walking that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed.
I've been hitting that 66, [A] way down the road.
[D] Heavy load and a worried [G] mind, looking for a woman that's [A] hard to find.
And I've been hitting some hard [D] traveling, Lord. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
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