Tonart: D major
Intro 1
A
Bb
A
Verse 1
Bb
G
stuccoed in gray,
D
Eb
D
A
with curtains of gingham and lace
G
A string of barbed wire for a fence,
Eb
D
A
that's where the children play
C
G
Daddy's been gone a week or more
D
Eb
D
A
He'll be back in a couple of days
G
D
Went to the city to see if our job
A
Wants to change our country ways
G
Every year Daddy planted the crops
D
Eb
But our dreams all turned
D
A
Bb
A
to sand
Bb
G
Eb
This was the year we'd harvest
Bb
A
Bb
A
from the land
D
Eb
D
A
Till the hailstorm brought the rage
G
Someone said they saw Daddy
A
Sleeping in a drunk tank cage
G
Well, it's a hard life,
C
but you gotta keep tillin'
G
C
Soil for your dreams
C
for the shelter of its sin
G
There's no place to make a home
D
A
or raise a family
Mama always smiled,
D
A
we'll get by with the things we have
There's the school bus,
D
Eb
D
A
now I'm sure we'll hear from your dad
C
But the dusk clouds grew,
G
D
our topsoil flew with the hopes
A
and the plans we'd made
G
Eb
Daddy came home a broken man,
D
he drank up the money we'd
Bb
Fm
Bb
saved
Well I heard them talkin' in low tones
last night
Eb
Bb
when I was to be asleep
My mortgage is due,
Ab
I've to raise the money,
E
Eb
Bb
think I'll move to the city next week
Db
Ab
With little sister songs and a pill of sorrow,
Eb
Bb
the city is what she fears
Ab
But I heard my mama whis
Bb
these words I wanted to hear
Ab
Well, it's a hard life,
Db
but you gotta keep tearing through
Ab
Db
The soil for your dreams
Ab
Has to run to the city
Db
for the shelter of its sin
Ab
There's no place to make a home
Eb
Bb
Fm
Bb
or raise a family
Fm
Bb
You
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