This song is based on the novel “Grapes of wrath” by John Steinbeck.
Verse 1
G
Killing pigs and gonna California
C/G
Look just what they made us do
G
Killing pigs and gonna California
D C G
The took the farm so we got nothing else to lose
Chorus
G D
Them there’s our folk gonna do right by them
C/G D G
and the family’s honour we’ll defend
Verse 2
Rose of Sharon’s bigger than a whale
and Connie’s got scared and runaway
Rose of Sharon’s bigger than a whale
and her face is lookin’ awful rather pale
Chorus
Verse 3
Tom’s gone and killed another man
and family’s gonna keep him out o’ the can
Tom’s gone and killed another man
says give him the chance and he’d do it all again
Bridge
G D
Grandma’s dead and Grandpa’s dead, dug a hole to rest their heads
G D C/G G
Kids are hungry gotta be fed, it just ain’t like how the flier said
Chorus