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D--7---7---7--------------7---7--7-9-
A--7h9---9-7--9-7---7-9---7h9---9----  F#m  E
E---------------7h9-----9------------

             A (x02220@1)             BmI (x24432@1)worked the land to raise a family
            G (320003@1)          A'Till (x02220@1)I was weary to the bone
F#m (244222@1)                 GBut (320003@1)hard labour never bothered me
           D (xx0232@1)        ALord, (x02220@1)it's all I ever known

         A (x02220@1)        BmToo (x24432@1)many seasons of calamity
             G (320003@1)             AAnd (x02220@1)too much interest on the loan
F#m (244222@1)                    GIt's (320003@1)half the size as it used to be
    D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)        Esus4E
And half of that is stone

E (022100@1)                     AThe (x02220@1)crops ain't worth a-seeding
       D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)       Esus4E
Timber only gets you fire
E (022100@1)                  AThe (x02220@1)live-stock I'm a-feeding
      D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1) 
I can hardly keep 'em alive
        F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)    DI (xx0232@1)gotta do what I can to survive

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           F#m (244222@1)          DI (xx0232@1)know the law wont be forgiving
    A (x02220@1)                     EBut (022100@1)that'll be the choice I made
          Bm (x24432@1)       GI (320003@1)used to farm for a living
    D (xx0232@1)                    ABut (x02220@1)now I'm in the growing trade

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           A (x02220@1)           BmThe (x24432@1)summer beauty of the cotton fields
           G (320003@1)                AWas (x02220@1)like a view from heaven's door
F#m (244222@1)                  GMy (320003@1)grandaddy said that harvest time
             D (xx0232@1)               AWas (x02220@1)what the good lord made us for

             A (x02220@1)                BmI (x24432@1)guess he'd wonder where's the dignity
     G (320003@1)               AIn (x02220@1)a crop you raise to burn
F#m (244222@1)               GBut (320003@1)this land is my legacy
      D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)     Esus4 (022200@1)EI (022100@1)got nowhere else to turn

E (022100@1)           AShotgun (x02220@1)on my shoulder
        D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)  Esus4 (022200@1)EWhere (022100@1)a tote sack oughta be
E (022100@1)                     AThe (x02220@1)theives are getting bolder
        D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)      EAnd (022100@1)the feds may be watching me
        F#m (244222@1)     E (022100@1)     DI (xx0232@1)gotta quit this eventually

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           F#m (244222@1)          DI (xx0232@1)know the law wont be forgiving
    A (x02220@1)                     EBut (022100@1)that'll be the choice I made
          Bm (x24432@1)       GI (320003@1)used to farm for a living
    D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)     Asus4 (x02230@1)ABut (x02220@1)now I'm in the growing trade

    E (022100@1)            AHelicopters (x02220@1)in the distance
        D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)   EGetting (022100@1)closer every day
E (022100@1)                         AThey're (x02220@1)gonna meet some resistance
         D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)    EAin't (022100@1)no price too big to pay
E (022100@1)               AIt (x02220@1)won't make any difference,
          D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)   EWhen (022100@1)they take it all away,
E (022100@1)                    ABetween (x02220@1)the cot in the jailhouse
      D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)      EAnd (022100@1)a bed beneath the clay
                F#m (244222@1)      E (022100@1)        DI (xx0232@1)guess there's nothing to do now but pray

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