Key: Am
Introduction: Am F C C/B Am G Am
Am Am/G Am
Man walkin&lsquo long the railroad tracks
C G
Goin&lsquo some place there&rsquo s no going back
Highway patrol choppers comin&lsquo up over the ridge
Am Am/G Am
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Am/G Am
Shelter line stretchin&lsquo round the corner
C G
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin&lsquo in their cars in the Southwest
Am Am/G Am
No home no job no peace no rest
F
The highway is alive tonight
C C/B Am
But nobody&rsquo s kiddin&lsquo nobody about where it goes
G
I&rsquo m sittin&lsquo down here in the campfire light
Am Am/G Am
Searchin&lsquo for the ghost of Tom Joad
Am Am/G Am
He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag
C G
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin&lsquo for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
Am Am/G Am
In a cardboard box neath the underpass
Am/G Am
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
C G
You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Am Am/G Am
Bathin&lsquo in the city aquaeduct
F
The highway is alive tonight
C C/B Am
Where it&rsquo s headed everybody knows
G
I&rsquo m sittin&lsquo down here in the campfire light
Am Am/G Am
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
Am Am/G Am
Now Tom said: "Mom, wherever there&rsquo s cop beatin&lsquo a guy
C G
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there&rsquo s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air
Am Am/G Am
Look for me Mom I&rsquo ll be there
Am/G Am
Wherever there&rsquo s somebody fightin&lsquo for a place to stand
C G
Or decent job or helping hand
Wherever somebody&rsquo s strugglin&lsquo to be free
Am Am/G Am
Look in their eyes Mom you&rsquo ll see me"
F
Well the highway is alive tonight
C C/B Am
But nobody&rsquo s kiddin&lsquo nobody about where it goes
G
I&rsquo m sittin&lsquo down here in the campfire light
Am Am/G Am
With the ghost of old Tom Joad