Intro: D5 G5 D5 G5 A5 D5 G5 Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove A5 D5 G5 A5 To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home D5 G5 The trees were just turning, up on the ridge A5 D5 G5 A5 And this was your valley when you were a kid D5 G5 You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on A5 D5 G5 A5 As we neared the old house where your granny lives on D5 G5 She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side A5 D5 B5 Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide Refr?o ------------- B5 A5 G5 A5 D5 Raised by the women who are stronger than you know B5 A5 E5 A5 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn D5 G5 The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth E5 G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 By your mother... and her mother, the weavers of your cloth -------------------- (2nd verse, same chords) Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932 When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue Repeat Chorus (3rd verse, same chords) And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man Repeat Chorus
