The Ghost Of Tom Joad Do Re Mi chords by Elvis Costello

Intro: Bm (x7)

Verse: 1
Bm
 Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
D            Bm    A
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
A
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
  Bm         Em    Bm
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge

Bm
Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
D            A
Welcome to the new world order
A

Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
  Bm       A    Bm
No home no job no peace no rest


  G
The highway is alive tonight
      D   A     Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
A
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Bm       A      Bm
Awaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad

Verse: 2
D            G     D
Lots of people out here east, they say
G              A
Leavin' home most ev'ry day

Beatin' the hot old dusty way
G         D
To the California line

D              G
'Cross the desert sands they roll
                 A
getting out of that old dust bowl
                       G
And they think they're going to a sugar bowl
    D
Here's what they find
  A           E   A
The police at the port of entry say

"You're number fourteen thousand for today."


     D
Oh if you ain't got the do-re-mi, boys
              A
If you ain't got the do-re-mi

Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas
             G   D
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee

Verse: 3
D
California is a garden of Eden
               G
It's a paradise to live in or see
  D       A
But believe it or not
           G
You won't find it so hot
           A Bm D  Bm
If you ain't got the do-re-mi

Verse: 4
Bm
Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
      D       Bm  A
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
A
Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Bm       A    Bm
Look for me Tom I'll be there
Bm
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
  D        Bm   A
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
A
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Bm       A     Bm
Look for me Ma you'll see me."


  G
The highway is alive tonight
      D   A     Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
A
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Bm           A    Bm
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad

  G
The highway is alive tonight
      D   A     Bm
Where it's headed everybody knows
A
Sittin' down here in the campfire light
Bm           A    Bm
Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad