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Pastures Of Plenty

Woody Guthrie
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
It's  a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed
 My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road
 Out of your Dust Bowl and Westward we rolled
 And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
 I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
 I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
 On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
 We come with the dust and we go with the wind
 California, Arizona, I harvest your crops
 Well its North up to Oregon to gather your hops
 Dig the beets from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine
 To set on your table your light sparkling wine
 Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
 From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
 Every state in the Union us migrants have been
 We'll work in this fight  and we'll fight till we win
 It's always we rambled, that river and I
 All along your green valley, I will work till I die
 My land I'll defend with my life if need be
 Cause my pastures of plenty must always  be free
 A nice idea here is to add a simple bass part:  /  /!
It's  a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed
My  poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road
Out  of your Dust Bowl and Westward we rolled
And  your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold

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Readable chord sheet for Pastures Of Plenty by Woody Guthrie

[C]It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road
Out of your Dust Bowl and Westward we rolled
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold

I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon
On the edge of the city you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we go with the wind

California, Arizona, I harvest your crops
Well its North up to Oregon to gather your hops
Dig the beets from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine
To set on your table your light sparkling wine

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in the Union us migrants have been
We'll work in this [G]fight and we'll fight till we [C]win

It's always we rambled, that river and I
All along your green valley, I will work till I die
My land I'll defend with my life if need be
Cause my pastures of plenty must [G]always be free

A nice idea here is to add a simple bass part: [C] /[B] [Am] /! [C]

[C]It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have [Am]hoed
[C]My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty [Am]road
[C]Out of your Dust Bowl and Westward we [Am]rolled
[C]And your deserts were hot and your mountains were [Am]cold

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