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Pastures Of Plenty

Bob Dylan

RockMedium for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×
BDiagram coming soon
A×
Am×
G
D××
E

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
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  C  C B A  Am 
e|--0---------0--| 
B|--1---------1--| 
G|--0---------2--| 
D|--2---------2--| 
A|--3--3-2-0--0--| 
E|--x---------x--| 
 
 
 
 
 
Verse 1 
 
C                                              Am 
It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed 
C                                      Am 
My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road 
C                                     Am 
Out of your Dust Bowl and Westward we rolled 
C                                                 Am 
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold 
 
 
Verse 2  
 
C                                   Am 
California, Arizona, I harvest your crops 
C                                          Am 
Well its North up to Oregon to gather your hops 
C                                                        Am 
Dig the beets from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine 
C                                         Am 
To set on your table your light sparkling wine 
 
 
Verse 3 
 
C                                        Am 
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes 
C                                         Am 
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon 
C                                         Am 
Every state in the Union us migrants have been 
                   C                             Am 
We'll work in this fight and we'll fight till we win 
 
Verse 4 
 
C                                         Am 
I slept on the ground in the light of the moon 
C                                        Am 
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes 
C                                         Am 
Wherever your crops are, I'll lend you my hand 
C                                       Am 
I'll ramble all over your green growing land 
 
 
Verse 5 
 
C                                        Am 
Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground 
C                                              Am 
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down 
C                                         Am 
Every state in the Union us migrants have been 
C                                        Am 
We come with the dust and we go with the wind 
 
 
Verse 6
 
C                                      Am 
It's always we rambled, that river and I 
C                                               Am 
All along your green valley, I will work till I die 
C                                        Am 
This land I'll defend with my life if need be 
         C                                 Am 
Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free 
          
 

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Chord set

C · B · A · Am · G · D · E

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.