Bakersfield Bound

G G G G D C G I was the youngest boy in a family of four C G D We lived in Oklahoma, the wind whistled through our door G D C G We scratched out a living in the dirt and the clay C G D G I never will forget it until my dying day G D C G The dust storms they came at us, the sky turned cold and black C G D We packed up our belongings 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 day C G C D Em We were Bakersfield bound and the California dream C G D Down the road lay the promised land, our fields would all turn green D 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 Pedal Steel Guitar and Electric Guitar Instr 2 G D C G C G G D G D C G C G D G 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 swung open so far and wide even God could drive through G D C G We worked the crops from dawn to dusk, shared along the way C G D G I never will forget it until my dying day G C D Em We were Bakersfield bound and the California dream C G D Down the road lay the promised land, our fields would all turn green D 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 G C G D G Just to cross our river Jordan and reach the other shore Pedal Steel GuitaR Instrumentsl 3 G D C D G