How Can You Keep On Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)? Ry Cooder From the album "Into the Purple Valley" (1972) Standard OR Open G with Capo V (which is how Ry plays it on his Sunburst Stratocaster) C F C How can you keep on moving unless you migrate too C D G7 They tell ya to keep on moving but migrate, you must not do C F C The only reason for moving and the reason why I roam C G C To move to a new location and find myself a home |F F/C |F F/C |G G/D |G G/D |G |C | C F C I can't go back to the homestead, the shack no longer stands D G7 They said I was uneeded, had no claim to the land C F C They said, "Come on, get moving, it's the only thing for you" C G C But how can you keep moving unless you migrate too Slide guitar solo C F C Now if you pitch your little tent along the broad highway C D G7 The Board of Sanitation says, "Sorry, you can't stay" C F C Come on, come on, get moving it's their everlasting cry C G C Can't stay, can't go back, can't migrate, so where the hell am I C F C How can you keep on moving unless you migrate too C D G7 They tell ya to keep on moving but migrate, you must not do C F C The only reason for moving and the reason why I roam C G C To move to a new location and find myself a home |F F/C |F F/C |G G/D |G G/D |G |C |