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Thread #80102   Message #1456808
Posted By: catspaw49
10-Apr-05 - 01:55 AM
Thread Name: Chords: Hard Travelin' (Woody Guthrie)
Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hard Travelin' (W Guthrie)
Couple of minor variances plus another verse.......

I been workin' them Pittsburgh steel mills, I thought you knowed.
I been workin' that red-hot slag, way down the road.
I been a-blastin'. I been a-firin'. I been a-pourin' that red-hot iron,
I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord.


Well, I've been walkin' that Lincoln highway. I thought you knowed.
I been hittin' that sixty-six, way down the road.
Gotta' heavy load, I gotta' worried mind, I been lookin' for a woman that's hard to find.
I been doin' some hard travelin', Lord.

I been layin' in a hard rock jail, I thought ya' knowed.
I been layin' out my ninety days, way down the road.
Damn ol' judge he sez ta' me, "Ya got ninety days for vagrancy,
I been doin' some hard travelin' Lord.

Spaw