Hard Travelin'
Words and Music Woody Guthrie

Released on Columbia River Collection (1988), Woody Guthrie Sings Folk Songs (1962) and The Asch Recordings Vol. 3: Hard Travelin' (1998)

Capo 2nd fret

Intro:

 F7...                     G...             C....
|-1----------------------|----3--0--------|-0----|
|-1-1-3-1-3-1-4-4-3-1-3--|----------/4-3--|-1----|
|-2----------------------|-0--------------|-0----|
|-1----------------------|-0--------------|-2----|
|-3----------------------|-2--------------|-3----|
|-1----------------------|-3--------------|------|

I found it hard to represent how the intro sounds in tab form but basically while the first chord is continuoulsy strummed, the following notes are changed in the chord.  Eg as the first chord is a F7 (barre) is strummed, your pinky finger will be doing all the work (1-1-3-1-3-1-4-4-3-1-3) changing the sound of the chord.. (F7-F13-F7 etc). 

Woody also uses some of the phrasing from the intro when playing the chords in the rest of the song.

C                              
I've been a havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed
                                      G
I've been a havin' some hard travelin', way down the road
C                                     F                     
I've been a havin' some hard travelin', hard ramblin', hard gamblin'
G                                     C
I've been a havin' some hard travelin', lord

I've been ridin' them fast rattlers, I thought you knowed
I've been ridin' them flat wheelers, way down the road
I've been ridin' them blind passengers, dead-enders, kickin' up cinders
I've been havin' some hard travelin', lord

I've been a-hittin' some hard-rock minin', I thought you knowed
I've been a-leanin' on a pressure drill, way down the road
Hammer flyin', air-hose suckin', six foot of mud and I shore been a muckin'
And I've been a-hittin' some hard travelin', lord

I've been a-hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed
North Dakota to Kansas City, way down the road
Cuttin' that wheat, stackin' that hay, and I'm tryin' make about a dollar a day
And I've been a-havin' some hard travelin', lord

I've been working that Pittsburgh steel, I thought you knowed
I've been a dumpin' that red-hot slag, way down the road
I've been a blasting, I've been a firin', I've been a pourin' red-hot iron
I've been hittin' some hard travelin', lord

I've been a-layin' in a hard-rock jail, I thought you knowed
I've been a-laying out 90 days, way down the road
Damned old judge, he said to me, "It's 90 days for vagrancy."
And I've been hittin' some hard travelin', lord

Asch Recordings Version

This version is pretty much the same chords (although the F is probably played open instead of barred).  It's also played with the standard 'picking-out' of the bass notes in a rhytmm and the usual hammer-ons.  It also has one extra verse at the end as follows...

(I've been walking that Lincoln highway, I thought you knowed,
I've been hittin' that 66, way down the road
Heavy load and a worried mind, lookin' for a woman that's hard to find,
I've been hittin' some hard travelin', lord)