Intro
Four bars with a boom chuka beat
If you want to play along with Chris capo on 2.
Verse 1
G D C G
I was the youngest boy in a family of four
C G D
We lived in Oklahoma the wind whistled thru our door
G D C G
We scratched out a living in the dirt and and the clay
C G D G
I never will forget it until my dying days
Verse 2
G D C G
The dust storms they came at us the sky turned cold and black
C G D
We packed up our belonging and never looked back
G D C G
We rode out west toward the sun just a heartbeat away
C G D G
I never will forget it until my dying days
Chorus
G C D Em
We were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream
C G D
Down the road lay the promised lands our fields would all turn green
G C D Em
We were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before
C G D G
Just to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore
Solo
(Last two lines of the Chours)
Verse 3
G D C G
When we first set eyes on The San Joaquin was like a friend we always knew
C G D
The gates swing open so far & wide even God could drive thru
G D C G
We worked the crops from dawn to dust shared along the way
C G D G
I never will forget it until my dying days
Chorus
G C D Em
We were Bakersfield Bound and the California dream
C G D
Down the road lay the promised lands our fields would all turn green
G C D Em
We were Bakersfield bound like so many gone before
C G D G
Just to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore
Outro
C G D G
Just to cross our River Jordan and reach the other shore
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