Dust Bowl Children
Written by Peter Rowan
Key of Gm · Chords: V i iv
Open in Bluegrass Book: transpose, play alongVerse 1
Gm Cm Papa’s name Hannibal Mama was a Hanamurai D Gm Everything we owned got all burned up in the great depression fire Gm Cm Strip mines and one crop farming drained the green earth dry D Gm We lost it all but only love was left cause that’s the one thing money can’t buy
Chorus
Gm Yeah we’re all dustbowl children Gm Singing a dust bowl children Gm When the crops won’t grow And the dust just blows Cm When the green fields are gone D When the green grass growing fields are gone Cm When the green fields are gone D When the green grass growing fields are gone
Verse 2
Well they say in California there’s work of every kind Well the only job I got out there was waiting in a welfare line Well once I had a dollar once I had a dream Now every kind of work is done by great machines