WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Woody Guthrie - Hard Travelin Chords | Ver. 2
The following figure is played wherever there is a long F:
F /D /C /a-A
: . . . : . . .
|-----3-3-----3-3-|-----3-3-----3-3-|
|-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-|
|-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-|
|---------2-------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|---------0h2-----|
|-3---------------|-----------------|
Verse 1
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed.
G C
I've been havin' some hard travelin', way down the road.
F Bb
I've been havin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
C F
An' I've been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd.
Verse 2
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been ridin' them blind passengers, I thought you knowed.
G C
I've been ridin' in fast wheelers, way down the road.
F Bb
Blind passengers, flat wheelers, dead enders, kicking up cinders
C F
An' I've been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd.
Verse 3
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Ooh, I've been workin' in a hard rock tunnel, I thought you knowed.
G C
I've been pourin' red hot slag way down the road.
F Bb
I've been a-blastin' an' I've been firin' an' I've been pourin' the red hot iron
C F
An' I've been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd.
Verse 4
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been walkin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed.
G C
I've been hitchin' on the '66, way down the road.
F Bb
Heavy load, a worried man, I'm a-lookin' for a woman that's a-hard to find
C F
I've been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd.
Verse 5
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed.
G C
North Dakota to Kansas City way down the road.
F Bb
Bunchin' that wheat an' stacking that hay, trying to make about a dollar a day
C F
An' I've been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd.
Verse 6
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been locked in a hard rock jail, I thought you knowed.
G C
I've been layin' out ninety days, way down the road.
F Bb
The mean old judge he says to me, "That's a-ninety days for vagrancy."
C F
An' I've been hittin' some hard travelin', Lawd.
Verse 7
F /D /C /a-A F [etc.]
Oh, I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed.
G C
I've been hittin' some hard travelin', way down the road.
F Bb
I've been hittin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
C F
An' I've been havin' some hard travelin', Lawd