Hoping Machine Lyrics

From the ?New Multitudes? album (Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, & Yim Yames)
Lyrics by Woody Guthrie
Music by Jay Farrar
Tabs by Tim Prizer (tim_prizer@yahoo.com)
to translating the song into standard tuning, and I think it sounds quite nice. Please
pay close attention to the chord fingerings, as they are all slight variations on the
standard major chords and require that you hit the bass notes ? my effort to come as close as
possible to reproducing the heavy bass sound of the alternate tuning.
: x-3-3-2-1-x--|
: 3-3-2-0-1-x--|
: 3-2-0-0-0-x--|
: 1-3-3-2-1-1-|
Intro**:
**(Though it's far from perfect, I mimic Jay's hammers and slides in the intro by
hammering the 3rd string on the 2nd fret on the very first strum and then, in making the
transition from the to the , hammering the 4th string on the 2nd fret and then
striking it open before hitting the chord. Listen and play around with it to see what
I mean.)
Don't let anything knock your props out from under you
Always keep your mind clear, let your plans come out of mistakes
These are the plans that nothing can tear down
Made out of things that have already been torn down
Whatever you do and wherever you go
Don't lose your grip on life, and that means
Don't let any earthly calamity knock your dreamer and your hoping machine
(Intro chords again):
Music is the language of the mind that travels
It carries the key to the laws of time and space
Lonesome train whistling down the silent wail of wind
Life is the sound, creation has been a song
Whatever you do and wherever you go
Don't lose your grip on life, and that means
Don't let any earthly calamity knock your dreamer and your hoping machine
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Be quick to manufacture new schemes and ideas
Faster than any turn of tide can wash you out
The word is the music and the people are the song
Tomorrow's chances feel like a singing god
Whatever you do and wherever you go
Don't lose your grip on life, and that means
Don't let any earthly calamity knock your dreamer and your hoping machine
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
Out of order
(Intro chords to finish):