(intro) D--7---7---7--------------7---7--7-(b9) A--7h(b9)--(b9)7--(b9)7---7-(b9)--7h(b9)--(b9)--- F#m E E---------------7h(b9)----(b9)----------- A5 B5 I worked the land to raise a family G5 A5 'Till I was weary to the bone F#5 G5 But hard labour never bothered me D5 A5 Lord, it's all I ever known A5 B5 Too many seasons of calamity G5 A5 And too much interest on the loan F#5 G5 It's half the size as it used to be D5 A5 E5 E5 E5 And half of that is stone E5 A5 The crops ain't worth a-seeding D5 A5 E5 E5 E5 Timber only gets you fire E5 A5 The live-stock I'm a-feeding D5 A5 E5 I can hardly keep 'em alive F#5 E5 D5 I gotta do what I can to survive (chorus) F#5 D5 I know the law wont be forgiving A5 E5 But that'll be the choice I made B5 G5 I used to farm for a living D5 A5 But now I'm in the growing trade (intro riff) A5 B5 The summer beauty of the cotton fields G5 A5 Was like a view from heaven's door F#5 G5 My grandaddy said that harvest time D5 A5 Was what the good lord made us for A5 B5 I guess he'd wonder where's the dignity G5 A5 In a crop you raise to burn F#5 G5 But this land is my legacy D5 A5 E5 E5 E5 I got nowhere else to turn E5 A5 Shotgun on my shoulder D5 A5 E5 E5 E5 Where a tote sack oughta be E5 A5 The theives are getting bolder D5 A5 E5 And the feds may be watching me F#5 E5 D5 I gotta quit this eventually (chorus) F#5 D5 I know the law wont be forgiving A5 E5 But that'll be the choice I made B5 G5 I used to farm for a living D5 A5 A5 A5 But now I'm in the growing trade E5 A5 Helicopters in the distance D5 A5 E5 Getting closer every day E5 A5 They're gonna meet some resistance D5 A5 E5 Ain't no price too big to pay E5 A5 It won't make any difference, D5 A5 E5 When they take it all away, E5 A5 Between the cot in the jailhouse D5 A5 E5 And a bed beneath the clay F#5 E5 D5 I guess there's nothing to do now but pray (chorus)