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
