Woody's lyrics <https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Biggest_Thing_That_Man.htm> are far superior to the below but it is Odetta's version <https://www.woodyguthrie.org/Lyrics/Biggest_Thing_That_Man.htm> of the song that is, for me, the definitive version.
*The Great Historical Bum Redux * Being a Treatment of Woodie Guthrie's “The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done” I (G7) I'm (C) just a lonesome traveler, The (G) Great Historical Bum. (G7) Highly educated >From (C) history I have come. I built the Rock of Ages, 'Twas in the Year of One (F) (G7)That's about the biggest thing That Man has ever done (C) II 'Twas in the years 2000 twenties We finally got it right (G) Cleared up our clouded (G7)thinking and At long last saw the light (C) Saw our working sisters and brothers Join with the unemployed (F) And (G7) just like that, before you knew it, Their system was destroyed (C) (We) kicked the bankers off of Wall Street With a foot right up their ass (G) Booted capitalism into the (G7) ash can (for) All such things must pass (C) We tore their class-based system down, To build up a different one (F) And (G7) that's about the biggest thing Humankind will ever have done (C) *Yeah, (G7) that's about the biggest thing * *Humankind will ever have done (C)* III No more fake elections No Demopubliguns (G) No senators, no congressmen (G7) Without them we get things done (C) We fired the judges and politicians and Took apart their state (F) (G7) All this done by same people They used to intimidate (C) (We) demobilized their army (And) mothballed their jets (G) Sunk their aircraft carriers(G7) Nobody had any regrets (C) Stripped the badges off the cops and Took away their guns (F) Ain't (G7) that's some of the biggest things Humankind has ever done (C) *Yeah, (G7) that's some of he biggest things * *Humankind has ever done (C)* IV The (C) 'Spectre' that is communism Has finally taken (G) form Its socialism and anarchy (G7) Symbiotically (C) joined Everybody, everywhere, Can now find (F) jobs And (G7) all of us work the best we can Cause we no longer get (C) robbed One for all and all for one, That day has finally come (G) You for me, me for (G7) you, Everybody for everyone (C) No more races, no more borders, A world-wide union (F) (G7) That'll be the biggest things Humankind has ever done *That'll (G7) be the biggest things * *Humankind has ever done (C)* V I'm (C) just a lonesome traveler, The (G) Great Historical Bum. (G7) Highly educated >From (C) history I have come. I built the Rock of Ages, 'twas in the Year of One (F) (G7)That's about the biggest thing Man has ever done (C) *(G7) (Yeah,) that used to be the biggest thing * *man had ever done (C) (2x)...until now* *-John A* -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#978): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/978 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/76488407/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES<br />#1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message.<br />#2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived.<br />#3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
