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Hard Travelin By Woody Guthrie All credit poster of previous version Doc1887 Simply copied chords to all verses. This is my third Woody Guthrie song Ive posted and this the way it was played in the asch recording and is the way he always played it. 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.
I've been havin' some hard travelin', Gway down the Croad. FI've been havin' some hard travelin', Bbhard ramblin', hard gamblin' An' CI've been havin' some hard travelin', FLawd.
Verse 2 F /D /C /a-A F [etc.] Oh, I've been ridin' them blind passengers, I thought you knowed.
I've been ridin' in fast wheelers, Gway down the Croad. FBlind passengers, flat wheelers, dead Bbenders, kicking up cinders An' CI've been havin' some hard travelin', FLawd.
Verse 3 F /D /C /a-A F [etc.] Ooh, I've been workin' in a hard rock tunnel, I thought you knowed.
I've been pourin' red hot slag way dowGn the road. C FI've been a-blastin' an' I've been firBbin' an' I've been pourin' the red hot iron An' CI've been havin' some hard travelin', FLawd.
Verse 4 F /D /C /a-A F [etc.] Oh, I've been walkin' that Lincoln Highway, I thought you knowed.
I've been hitchin' on the '66, way dowGn the road. C FHeavy load, a worried man, I'm a-lookiBbn' for a woman that's a-hard to find I'veC been havin' some hard travelin', LawdF.
Verse 5 F /D /C /a-A F [etc.] Oh, I've been hittin' some hard harvestin', I thought you knowed.
North Dakota to Kansas City way down tGhe road. C FBunchin' that wheat an' stacking that Bbhay, trying to make about a dollar a day An' CI've been havin' some hard travelin', FLawd.
Verse 6 F /D /C /a-A F [etc.] Oh, I've been locked in a hard rock jail, I thought you knowed.
I've been layin' out ninety days, way Gdown the roadC. FThe mean old judge he says to me, "ThaBbt's a-ninety days for vagrancy." An' CI've been hittin' some hard travelin',F Lawd.
Verse 7 F /D /C /a-A F [etc.] Oh, I've been havin' some hard travelin', I thought you knowed.
I've been hittin' some hard travelin',G way down theC road. FI've been hittin' some hard travelin',Bb hard ramblin', hard gamblin' An' CI've been havin' some hard travelin', FLawd