Bakersfield Bound Cifras

[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]
G C D EM C G D G
 
[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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