Biography:
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (July 14, 1912–October 3, 1967) was an American songwriter and folk musician. Guthrie's musical legacy consists of hundreds of songs, ballads and improvised works covering topics from political themes to traditional songs to children's songs. Guthrie performed continually throughout his life with his guitar frequently displaying the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists". Guthrie is perhaps best known for his song "This Land Is Your Land", which is regularly sung in American schools.
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Other songs:
- 1913 Massacre
- All You Fascists
- Bad Lee Brown Cocaine Blues
- Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad
- Hobo's Lullaby
- Hobos Lullaby
- Jesus Christ
- This Land Is Your Land
- Tom Joad
- A Picture From Lifes Other Side
- Baltimore To Washington
- Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done
- Blowin Down That Old Dusty Road
- Blowin Down This Old Dusty Road
- Brown Eyes
- Danville Girl
- Deportee
- Do Re Mi
- Dust Bowl Refugee
- Dust Cant Kill Me
- God Blessed America For Me
- Grand Coulee Dam
- Greenback Dollar
- Gypsy Davy
- Hard Aint It Hard
- Hard Times
- Hard Travelin
- Hard Travellin
- I Aint Got No Home
- Ive Got To Know
- Jarama Valley
- Jessie James
- Jolly Banker
- Little Black Train
- Lonesome Day
- Ludlow Massacre
- Mail Myself To You
- Miss Pavlichenko
- My Revolutionary Mind
- Oregon Trail
- Pastures Of Plenty
- Philadelphia Lawyer
- Portland Town
- Pretty Boy Floyd
- Ramblin Round
- Riding In My Car
- Roll On Columbia
- Slipknot Hangknot Slipknot
- Snow Deer
- So Long Its Been Good
- So Long Its Been Good To Know You
- Stepstone
- Talking Dust Bowl Blues
- The Ballad Of John Henry
- The Rangers Command
- The Sinking Of The Reuben James
- Theres More Pretty Girls Than One
- This Train Is Bound For Glory
- Train 45
- Two Good Men
- Vigilante Man
- What Are We Waiting On
- Wreck Of The Old 97
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[Verse 1]
C G
Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through.
C
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.
C7 F D7/F#
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
G C
It's Roll on, Columbia, roll On!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 2]
C G
Other great rivers add power to you,
G C
Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too,
C7 F D7/F#
Sandy, Willamette, and Hood River, too;
G C
Roll on Columbia, roll on!
C G
It's there on your banks that you fought many a fight,
G C
Sheridan's boys in the block house at night,
C7 F D7/F#
They saw us in death, but never in flight;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 3]
C G
Our loved ones we lost there at Coe's little store,
G C
By fireball and rifle, a dozen or more,
C7 F D7/F#
We won by the Mary and soldiers she bore;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll On!
C G
Remember the trial when the battle was won,
G C
The wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run,
C7 F D7/F#
We hung every Indian with smoke in his gun;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
C G
Year after year we had tedious trials,
G C
Fighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles.
C7 F D7/F#
The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 4]
C G
At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,
G C
The waters have risen and drownded the rocks,
C7 F D7/F#
Ship loads of plenty will steam in the docks,
G C
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On!
C G
On up the river at Grand Coulee Dam,
G C
Mightiest thing ever built by a man,
C7 F D7/F#
We run the great factories for old Uncle Sam,
G C
It's roll on, Colombia, Roll on.
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
C G
Green Douglas firs where the waters cut through.
C
Down her wild mountains and canyons she flew.
C7 F D7/F#
Canadian Northwest to the ocean so blue,
G C
It's Roll on, Columbia, roll On!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 2]
C G
Other great rivers add power to you,
G C
Yakima, Snake, and the Klickitat, too,
C7 F D7/F#
Sandy, Willamette, and Hood River, too;
G C
Roll on Columbia, roll on!
C G
It's there on your banks that you fought many a fight,
G C
Sheridan's boys in the block house at night,
C7 F D7/F#
They saw us in death, but never in flight;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 3]
C G
Our loved ones we lost there at Coe's little store,
G C
By fireball and rifle, a dozen or more,
C7 F D7/F#
We won by the Mary and soldiers she bore;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll On!
C G
Remember the trial when the battle was won,
G C
The wild Indian warriors to the tall timber run,
C7 F D7/F#
We hung every Indian with smoke in his gun;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
C G
Year after year we had tedious trials,
G C
Fighting the rapids at Cascades and Dalles.
C7 F D7/F#
The Injuns rest peaceful on Memaloose Isle;
G C
Roll on, Columbia, Roll on!
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
[Verse 4]
C G
At Bonneville now there are ships in the locks,
G C
The waters have risen and drownded the rocks,
C7 F D7/F#
Ship loads of plenty will steam in the docks,
G C
Roll On, Columbia, Roll On!
C G
On up the river at Grand Coulee Dam,
G C
Mightiest thing ever built by a man,
C7 F D7/F#
We run the great factories for old Uncle Sam,
G C
It's roll on, Colombia, Roll on.
[Chorus]
C G
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
G C
Roll on, Columbia, roll on.
C7 F D7/F#
Your power is turning our darkness to dawn,
G C
So, Roll on, Columbia, roll on
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