Em                      Am                   Em
I've been up the Mississippi to the Manitoba line
                            Am          Em
I've been downstream to the Gulf of Mexico
Am
Followed the sun out west to Californ
          B7                                 Em
And there just ain't no place for me left to go

Em                        Am                         Em
Spent a lonesome month in Maine, and a year in Louisian
                   Am               Em
Packed my bags and hit the westward trail
Am
Rambled down through Texas till I came to El Paso
        B7                         Em
Spent a week in a stinkin' Juarez jail

Em                  Am                             Em
I rambled through Nevada, gamblin' most of my life away
                      Am           Em
I headed north when I heard Dakota call
Am
I stayed until the Northern came rollin' down the line
       B7                          Em
Headed south when summer turned to fall

Em                  Am                              Em
I've been north and east and south where the cotton grows
                          Am          Em
Out in the west where the sun forever shines
Am
I'v bent my back for a dollar a day in a Texas sugar field
B7                     Em
Labored in a Minnesota mine

Em                            Am                           Em
I've seen your hungry babies scream, I watched their mamas cry
                      Am             Em
Seen a worn-out prostitute beg for a dime
Am
I'v seen men come out of gutters, ready to give their lives away
      B7                                Em
For a slug at a lousy bottle of rot gut wine

Em                      Am                   Em
I've been up the Mississippi to the Manitoba line
                            Am          Em
I've been downstream to the Gulf of Mexico
Am
Followed the sun out west to Californ
          B7                                 Em
And there just ain't no place for me left to go
          B7                                 Em
And there just ain't no place for me left to go