Capo 2 Intro W/Harmonica: Lam Fa Do Do/Si Lam Sol Lam Lam Lam/Sol Lam Man walkin‘ long the railroad tracks Do Sol Goin‘ some place there’s no going back Highway patrol choppers comin‘ up over the ridge Lam Lam/Sol Lam Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Lam/Sol Lam Shelter line stretchin‘ round the corner Do Sol Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin‘ in their cars in the Southwest Lam Lam/Sol Lam No home no job no peace no rest Fa The highway is alive tonight Do Do/Si Lam But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes Sol I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Lam Lam/Sol Lam Searchin‘ for the ghost of Tom Joad Lam Lam/Sol Lam He pulls a prayer book out of his sleeping bag Do Sol Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin‘ for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Lam Lam/Sol Lam In a cardboard box neath the underpass Lam/Sol Lam Got a one-way ticket to the promised land Do Sol You got hole in your belly and a gun in your hand Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Lam Lam/Sol Lam Bathin‘ in the city aquaeduct Fa The highway is alive tonight Do Do/Si Lam Where it’s headed everybody knows Sol I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Lam Lam/Sol Lam Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad [Armonica Break] Fa Do Do/Si Lam Sol Lam Lam Lam/Sol Lam Now Tom said: "Mom, wherever there’s cop beatin‘ a guy Do Sol Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries Where there’s a fight gainst blood and hatred in the air Lam Lam/Sol Lam Look for me Mom I’ll be there Lam/Sol Lam Wherever there’s somebody fightin‘ for a place to stand Do Sol Or decent job or helping hand Wherever somebody’s strugglin‘ to be free Lam Lam/Sol Lam Look in their eyes Mom you’ll see me" Fa Well the highway is alive tonight Do Do/Si Lam But nobody’s kiddin‘ nobody about where it goes Sol I’m sittin‘ down here in the campfire light Lam Lam/Sol Lam With the ghost of old Tom Joad Fa Do Do/Si Lam Sol Lam x2 Last time: Lam Lam/Sol Lam
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