by Willis Alan Ramsey (Wishbone Music) Tabs by Casey Carr D G Travelin? across the country A D playin? on the circuit line D Bm sometimes I think about a man E7 A who was here before my time. G D Named for the 28th president G A with a Guthrie tacked to the end. D A born in Okemah shoes C G with the Dust Bowl blues, D a friend of the working man. D G Now he wasn?t partial to New York buildings A D that tried to touch the sky D Bm E7 A7 West Virginia coal mines that took so many lives G D for the way they drove the migrant workers G A back over into Mexico way. D A and the scabs they run C G when they heard he?d come D and the bosses started to pray. Chorus: G A Just a boy from Oklahoma D Bm on an endless one-night stand G A wan?drin? and a-ramblin? D Bm driftin? with the midnight sand. G A He played the blues and the ballads D G and all that came between Em his heart was in the Union C A and his soul was reachin? out D Dm for the servant?s dream. D G Now I was talking to a man that met him A D in a bar near Clovis town. D Bm He said the whole place was a-shakin? E7 A7 as he was passing his songs around. G D In between the tunes he asked him G A where he?d be when the morrow came D A He said through his grin, C G I put my thumb in the wind D and I?m off down the road again. Chorus: G A Just a boy from Oklahoma D Bm on an endless one-night stand G A I wander and I ramble D Bm and I drift with the midnight sand. G A I play the blues and the ballads D G and all that comes between Em my heart is in the Union C A and my soul is reachin? out D Dm for the servant?s dream. D G Now you know that Woody Guthrie A D Is dead and buried in the ground D Bm Sometimes I sing his songs E7 A7 and I get to thinkin? that he?s still around. G D I?ll hold that his fires everlastin? G A Testify that his voice has rung true D A and the ramblin? man?s ris? C G and the kingdom?s his D but his songs are for me and you. Chorus: