Tom Rush I'd Like To Know wrritten by Woodie Guthrie
[C] [F] [C]
Why do your warships ride on my waters
[C]Why do these bombs fall [D7]down from the [G7]sky
[C]Why do you burn my [F]towns and my [C]cities
[C]I'd like to know [G7]I'd like to [C]know
[C]I'd like to know friend [F]I'd like to [C]know
[C]Hungry lips ask me wher[D7]ever I [G7]go
[C]Comrades and friends [F]fallen a[C]round me
[C]I'd like to know I[G7]'d like to [C]know
You [C]locked me in jail you [F]threw me in [C]prison
[C]Your hospital packed your a[D7]sylums are [G7]full
[C]Where is my food my [F]soap and my [C]warm clothes
[C]I'd like to know [G7]I'd like to [C]know
[C]Why are your warships all [F]death to my [C]people
[C]Nitro explosives [D7]cannons and [G7]bombs
[C]Where have you taken my [F]sons and my [C]daughters
[C]I'd like to know [G7]I'd like to [C]know
From Tom Rush "Tom Rush"
1965 Elektra Records
[C] [F] [C]
Why do your warships ride on my waters
[C]Why do these bombs fall [D7]down from the [G7]sky
[C]Why do you burn my [F]towns and my [C]cities
[C]I'd like to know [G7]I'd like to [C]know
[C]I'd like to know friend [F]I'd like to [C]know
[C]Hungry lips ask me wher[D7]ever I [G7]go
[C]Comrades and friends [F]fallen a[C]round me
[C]I'd like to know I[G7]'d like to [C]know
You [C]locked me in jail you [F]threw me in [C]prison
[C]Your hospital packed your a[D7]sylums are [G7]full
[C]Where is my food my [F]soap and my [C]warm clothes
[C]I'd like to know [G7]I'd like to [C]know
[C]Why are your warships all [F]death to my [C]people
[C]Nitro explosives [D7]cannons and [G7]bombs
[C]Where have you taken my [F]sons and my [C]daughters
[C]I'd like to know [G7]I'd like to [C]know
From Tom Rush "Tom Rush"
1965 Elektra Records