Dusty Old Dust
Woody Guthrie
SONG: Dusty Old Dust (aka "So Long It’s Been Good to Know Yuh") ARTIST: Woody Guthrie (Woody Guthrie & Carson Robison) ALBUM: "Dust Bowl Ballads" (1935) [Chords] F#dim7 234242 [Intro] [Verse 1] I’ve sung this song but I’ll sing it again Of the place that I lived on the wild windy plains In the month called April county called Gray And here’s what all of the people there say [Chorus] So long it’s been good to know yuh So long it’s been good to know yuh; so long it’s been good to know yuh This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home & I’ve got to be driftin’ along [Verse 2] A dust storm hit & it hit like thunder It dusted us over & it covered us under Blocked out the traffic & blocked out the sun Straight for home all the people did run singin’ [Chorus] So long it’s been good to know yuh So long it’s been good to know yuh; so long it’s been good to know yuh This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home & I’ve got to be driftin’ along [Verse 3] We talked of the end of the world & then We’d sing a song & then sing it again We’d sit for an hour & not say a word And then these words would be heard [Chorus] So long it’s been good to know yuh So long it’s been good to know yuh; so long it’s been good to know yuh This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home & I’ve got to be driftin’ along [Verse 4] Sweethearts sat in the dark & sparked They hugged & kissed in that dusty old dark They sighed & cried hugged & kissed Instead of marriage they talked like this: "Honey..." [Chorus] So long it’s been good to know yuh So long it’s been good to know yuh; so long it’s been good to know yuh This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home & I’ve got to be driftin’ along [Verse 5] Now the telephone rang & it jumped off the wall That was the preacher a-makin’ his call He said "Kind friend this may be the end & You’ve got your last chance of salvation of sin" [Instrumental Chorus] [Verse 6] The churches was jammed & the churches was packed And that dusty old dust storm blowed so black Preacher could not read a word of his text And he folded his specs & he took up collection said [Chorus] So long it’s been good to know yuh So long it’s been good to know yuh; so long it’s been good to know yuh This dusty old dust is a-gettin’ my home & I’ve got to be driftin’ along [Outro]
