Key: Any
Genre: Folk
Harp Type: Diatonic
Blowin Down The Road
Blowin’ Down The Road .
Key D 2/4 time
Rather fast, with vitality,= 120 bpm
Guitar chords of A7 D D7 G
Folk song of the American depression era.
Form and origin is a Negro Blues, but
Millions of Okies, Arkies, southern crackers
Homeless and jobless, made it the blues of
“The Grapes of Wrath” people.
A version by Woody Guthrie can be heard on U/Tube
D
Well I’m //:blow-in’ down that/old dust-y/
6 6 6 6 -6 6 7(7) -6 6
D7 G
Road Lawd/Lawd yes I’m/blow-in’down that/
5 5 -4 4 -4 -4 3 3 4 4
D G
Old dust-y/road /yes I’m/blow-in’down that/
-4-4 4 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4
D
Old dust-y/road Lawd/Lawd an’I/
-4-4 4 -4 6 6 6 6 6
A7 D
ain’t a gon-na be/treat-ed this-a/-way//
6 6 6 6(6)6 6 -5 5 -4 4
D
V2.well I’m goin’where the climate suits my
D7
clothes Lawd Lawd,
G
yes I’m goin’where the climate suits my
D
clothes,
G
yes I’m goin’where the climate suits my
D
clothes Lawd Lawd
A7 D
I’m goin’ where them chilly winds don’t blow.
D
V3 well I’m goin’ where the water tastes like
D7
Wine Lawd, Lawd,
G D
Yes I’m goin’where the water tastes like wine
G D
Yes I’m goin’where the water tastes like wine
Lawd,Lawd,
A7
‘cause the New York* water tastes like
D
Turpentine
D D7
V4 who’ll stir your gravy when I’m gone Lawd,Lawd
G D
Who’ll stir your gravy when I’m gone
G D
Who’ll stir your gravy when I’m gone Lawd,Lawd
A7 D
When I’m gone down that long lonesome road
D D7
V5 It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet
Lawd,Lawd,
G D
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my feet,
G D
It takes a ten dollar shoe to fit my feet,
Lawd,Lawd,
A7 D
An’I ain’t gonna be treated this–a-way.
D D7
V6 I ain’t got but one old lousy dime, Lawd,Lawd,
G D
I ain’t got but one old lousy dime,
G D
I ain’t got but one old lousy dime, Lawd,Lawd,
A7 D
But I’ll find me a new dollar some old day.
D D7
V7 I’m goin’ where the orange blossoms blow,
Lawd,Lawd
G D
Yes I’m goin’ where the orange blossoms blow,
G D
Yes I’m goin’ where the orange blossoms blow
Lawd,Lawd,
A7 D
An I ain’t a-gonna be treated this-a-way
