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First Line:
I ain't got ho home, I'm just a rambling round
Artist & Tune
Composed by:
Rec/Performed by:
Version by Woody Guthrie
Performed by:
Version by Billy Bragg
Performed by:
Version by Bruce Springsteen
Performed by:
Version by Bob Dylan
Performed by:
Version by Tom Juravich
Performed by:
About the Song
Billy Bragg has composed a new version of Woody's classic song with a new tune and some modified lyrics:
I ain't got no home, I'm just a-roamin' 'roundJust a wandrin' worker, I go from town to town
And the police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore (2x)
G D C G / C Em D - / Em D C G / C G D Em (DG) / C G D G
My brothers and my sisters are stranded on this road
A hot and dusty road that a million feet have trod
Rich man took my home & drove me from my door
And I ain't got no home...
(bridge) Was a-farmin' on the shares & always I was poor
My crops I lay into the banker's store
My wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore (2x)
Em D C G / C G D - / Em D C G/ C G D Em / C G D G
I mined in your mines & I gathered in your corn
I been working, mister, since the day I was born
Now I worry all the time like I never did before
'Cos I ain't got no home...
Now as I look around, it's mighty plain to see
This world is such a great and a funny place to be
Oh the gamblin' man is rich & the workin' man is poor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore
m: Billy Bragg, w: Woody Guthrie