Tonart: B major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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14th day of April of 1935
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There struck the worst of dust storms
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that ever filled the sky
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You could see the dust storm coming,
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the cloud looked death -like black
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And through our mighty nation
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it left a dreadful track
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From Oklahoma City,
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to the Arizona line,
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Dakota and Nebraska,
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to the lazy Rio Grande.
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It fell across our city,
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like a curtain of black roll down.
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We thought it was our judgment,
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we thought it was our doom
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we listened with alarm
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To the wild and windy actions
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of this great mysterious storm
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From Abercork and Clovis
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They said it was the blackest
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that ever they had salt from
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Kansas the dust had run their nail
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and a few more comrades
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sleepin' on top of old Blue Hill
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from Denver, Colorado
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they said it was so strong
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they thought that they could hold out
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but they didn't know how long our relatives
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were huddled into their old boom shacks
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and the children they were crying
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as it whistled through the cracks
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Our family was crowded
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into their little room
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They thought the world had ended
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and they thought it was their
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doom
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The storm took place at sundown,
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it lasted through the night
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When we awoke next morning,
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we saw a terrible sight
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We saw outside our window
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where wheat fields they had grown
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Was now a rippling ocean
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of dust the wind had blown
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It covered up our fences,
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it covered up our barns
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It covered up our tractors
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in this wild and dusty storm
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We loaded our jalopies
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and piled our families in
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We rattled down the highway
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to never come back again
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I'm not the same
Outro 1
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