Capo on first fret

           Am               
banks coming down
                      F             C
they're taking all our hard earned pay 
          G               F
the lord giveth, but he taketh away 
           Am
i pay our debts 
             F             C
but works getting hard to find 
           G        Am  G   F
these are hard times

         Am
i built this house 
      F          C
with my own two hands 
                 G
now their gonna take it 
           F
and five acres of land
            Am    
and all of our children
             F         C
are growing up way too fast 
             G       Am G F
in these hard times

     C       F
but wait, oh wait 
             G        Am
see how the morning breaks 
          C           F                   G
it's the simplest of love songs, but it's all our hearts can take 
               C        F
and though we lose our stake 
          G         Am       
heaven is where we make it 
              G        Am
even in the smallest places, 
        G     C
can a garden grow

         Am
i took this job 
           F       C
in part as a sacrifice 
               G     
for my unborn children 
                   F
and my beautiful wife 
              Am
i always worked hard 
                F         C
on all of these sad estates 
          G       Am  G  F
with no hard times


     C       F
but wait, oh wait 
             G        Am
see how the morning breaks 
          C           F                   G
it's the simplest of love songs, but it's all our hearts can take 
               C        F
and though we lose our stake 
          G         Am       
heaven is where we make it 
              G        Am
even in the smallest places, 
        G     C
can a garden grow
             G         Am
even in the smallest places,
        G     C
can a garden grow


Tabbed by Adam Starr