Do Re Mi
Words and Music Woody Guthrie

Released on Dust Bowl Ballads (1964), The Asch Recordings Vol. 1: This Land Is Your Land (1997) and The Library Of Congress Recordings (1988)

Capo 4th fret

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Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day,
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Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line.
C                                  F
'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl,
G                                                              C
They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find
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Now, the police at the port of entry say,
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"You're number fourteen thousand for today."

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Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi,                                                                     C
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
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California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
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But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
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If you ain't got the do re mi.

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You want to buy you a home or a farm, that can't deal nobody harm,
Or take your vacation by the mountains or sea.
Don't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you are,
Better take this little tip from me.
'Cause I look through the want ads every day
But the headlines on the papers always say:

If you ain't got the do re mi, boys, you ain't got the do re mi,
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi.