Tom: Bm Bm Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks D Bm A Goin' some place, there's no goin' back Highway Patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge Bm A Bm Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge Shelter line stretchin' round the corner D Bm A Welcome to the new world order Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest Bm A Bm No home, no job, no peace, no rest G The highway is alive tonight D A Bm But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes A I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Bm A Bm Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad He pulls prayer book out of his sleepin' bag D Bm A Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last Bm A Bm In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass Got a one way ticket to the promised land D Bm A You got a hole in your belly and a gun in your hand sleeping on a pillow of solid rock Bm A Bm Bathing in the city aqueduct G The highway is alive tonight D A Bm But where it's headed everybody knows A I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Bm A Bm Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad (Harmonica Solo) | G | G | 3/4 D D A | 4/4 Bm | 3/4 A | 4/4 Bm | Now Tom Said; "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy D Bm A Wherever a hungry new born baby cries Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air Bm A Bm Look for me mom I'll be there Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a pIace to stand D Bm A Or decent job or a helpin' hand Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free Bm A Bm Look in their eyes mom you'll see me." G The highway is alive tonight D A Bm But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes A I'm sitting down here in the campfire light Bm A Bm Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad | G | G | 3/4 D D A | 4/4 Bm | | G | G | 3/4 Bm Bm A | 4/4 Bm | | G | G | 3/4 D D A | 4/4 Bm | | G | G | 3/4 Bm Bm A | 4/4 Bm |