Dust Can't Kill Me Chords

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Dust Can't Kill Me by Woody Guthrie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
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16
Speed
  			1.       
C     C 
That old dust storm killed my baby, 
G      
But it can't kill me, Lord 
C      
And it can't kill me.    
2,       
C                     C 
That old dust storm killed my family,  
G      
But it can't kill me, Lord 
C      
And it can't kill me.    
3.       
C                     C 
That old landlord got my homestead, 
G      
But it can't get me, Lord 
C      
And it can't get me.     
4.       
C                     C 
That old dry spell killed my crop, boys, 
G      
But it can't kill me, Lord 
C      
And it can't kill me.    
5.       
C                     C 
That old tractor        got my home, boys, 
G      
But it can't get me, Lord 
C      
And it can't get me.     
6.       
C                     C 
That old tractor        run my house down, 
G      
But it can't run me  down, 
         
C      
And it can't get me.     
7.       
C                     C 
That old pawn shop got my furniture, 
G      
But it can't get me, Lord 
C      
And it can't get me.     
8.       
C                     C 
That old highway's got my relatives, 
G      
But it can't get me , Lord 
C      
And it can't get me.     
9.       
C                     C 
That old dust might kill my wheat, boys, 
G      
But it can't kill me, Lord 
C      
And it can't kill me.    
10.      
C                     C 
I have weathered a-many a dust storm, 
G      
But it can't kill me, Lord 
C      
And it can't kill me.    
11.      
C                     C 
That old dust storm well, it blowed my barn down, 

G      
But it can't blow me down, 
C      
And it can't blow me down,       
         
12.      
C                     C 
That old wind might blow this world down, 
G      
But it can't blow me down, 
C      
And It can't kill me.    
13.      
C                     C 
That old dust storm killed my baby, 
G      
But it can't kill me, Lord 
C      
And it can't kill me. 
    	

Chord diagrams

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