Tulare Dust Chords
Tulare Dust by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, A, E7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
By Merle Haggard
D G
Tulare dust in a farm boy?s nose
A D
Wonderin where the freight train goes
D G
Standin in a field by the railroad tracks
E7 A
Cursin the strap on my cotton sack
D G
I can see mom and dad with shoulders low
A D
Both of them pickin on a double row
D G
They do it for a livin because they must
A D
That?s life like it is on the Tulare dust
E
The California sun was something new
A
That winter we arrived in 42
D G
And I can still remember how my Daddy cussed
A D
The tumbleweeds here in the Tulare dust
Instrumental
E
The valley fever was a common fate
A
To the farm workers here in the golden state
D G
And I miss Oklahoma but I?ll stay if I must
A D
And help make a livin in the Tulare dust
Repeat 1st verse