Tabbed by: Steve Henderson


Tuning: standard

Intro: G5 A5 C5 G5  2x

Verse:
G5                         A5                         C5     
Well the wind blows hard upon weepin' will hair and the red buds
           G5        G5                            A5 
sway in the breeze/ And if you listen real close you can hear the 
                C5                     G5
distant cry of a broken man on his knees.

Chorus:
C5                             G5    
And the rain beats hard on a poor man's head
C5                                       G5 
And the wind blows the nails out of the tin roof of shame
A5                           C5                   G5 ( A5 little hammer on pull  
And the water keeps on risin at the old homestead  ...off on the A string)

Verse:
G5                                  A5                         C5 
Well if the corns knees high by the fourth of July and Mother Nature
             G5     G5                                      A5   
smiles on us all/ And there's a ring around the moon and that means
                        C5                                 G5
rain is comin' soon and we'll have a good harvest this fall.

Chorus:
C5                             G5
And the rain beats hard on a poor on man's head
C5                                       C5
And the wind blows the nails out of the tin roof of shame
A5                           C5                   G5
And the moon keeps on shinin at the old homestead

Verse:
G5                               A5                          C5
Well the wind blows through the wheat field at night and it plays a 
         G5    G5                                         A5
lonely tune/ And the bones clatter in the trees waving endless summer
                        C5                             G5
breeze/ Well there ain't nothin like Lee County in June

Chorus:
C5                            G5
And the rain beats hard on a poor man's head
C5                                       G5
And the wind blows the nails out of the tin roof of shame
A5                            C5                   G5
And the river keeps on flowin at the old homestead