Bm - 244222 Em - 022000 D - xx0232 A - x03330 G - 320033 
E - 022100
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Verse 1] 
Bm Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
DBmA Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
A Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
BmEmBm Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
 
Bm Shelter line stretchin' 'round the corner
DA Welcome to the new world order
A Families sleepin' in their cars in the Southwest
BmABm No home no job no peace no rest
 [Chorus] 
G The highway is alive tonight
DABm Where it's headed everybody knows
A Sittin' down here in the campfire light
BmABm Awaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad
 [Verse 2] 
DGD Lots of people out here east, they say
GA Leavin' home most ev'ry day
 Beatin' the hot old dusty way 
GD To the California line
 
DG 'Cross the desert sands they roll
A getting out of that old dust bowl
G And they think they're going to a sugar bowl
D Here's what they find
AEA The police at the port of entry say
 [Chorus] 
D Oh if you ain't got the do-re-mi, boys
A If you ain't got the do-re-mi
 Well you'd better go back to beautiful Texas 
GD Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
 [Verse 3] 
D California is a garden of Eden
G It's a paradise to live in or see
DA But believe it or not
G You won't find it so hot
ABm DBm If you ain't got the do-re-mi
 [Verse 4] 
Bm Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
DBmA Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
A Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
BmABm Look for me Tom I'll be there
Bm Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
DBmA Or decent job or a helpin' hand
A Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
BmABm Look for me Ma you'll see me."
 [Chorus] 
G The highway is alive tonight
DABm Where it's headed everybody knows
A Sittin' down here in the campfire light
BmABm Waitin' on the ghost of old Tom Joad
 [Chorus] 
G The highway is alive tonight
DABm Where it's headed everybody knows
A Sittin' down here in the campfire light
BmABm