INTRO: G C (4x) G
There was a time[C][G]
A simpler time [C][G]
When a man could be sure of where he [D]stood [C-D-G]
I used to work at the yard[C][G]
Working honest and hard [C][G]
The hours were long, but the pay was [D]good [C-D-G]
I had a family and friends[C][G]
So many friends [C][G]
We'd drive to the lake on holi[D]days [C-D-G]
Back then it wasn't so dear[C][G]
For a sandwich or beer [C][G]
At night I still dream I can see their [D]faces [C]
CHORUS:
Certain things that you de[G]pend upon [C]
They were places that you'd [G]known [C]
And the faces of A[G]merica
Oh [D]oh, where do they [Em]go
Where did they [G]go [C][G][C][G]
I was born on a farm[C][G]
A mid-western farm [C][G]
I rode on the tractor with my [D]dad [C-D-G]
And though we never had much[C][G]
It was always enough [C][G]
And we made the best with what we [D]had [C-D-G]
But then came four years of drought[C][G]
And the bottom dropped out[C] [G]
My father was broken, like the [D]rest [C-D-G]
And I can still see his hands[C][G]
Signing over his lands [C][G]
And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the [D]dispossessed [C]
CHORUS:
Certain things that you de[G]pend upon[C]
There are places I can [G]go[C]
I sift the ashes of A[G]merica
For some[D]place I used to [Em]know (someplace I used to know)
Some[D]place I used to [C]know (someplace I used to know)
Someplace I used to [G]know
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G
There was a time[C][G]
A simpler time [C][G]
When a man could be sure of where he [D]stood [C-D-G]
I used to work at the yard[C][G]
Working honest and hard [C][G]
The hours were long, but the pay was [D]oh, so good [C]
CHORUS:
Certain things that you de[G]pend upon[C]
I used to think were guaran[G]teed [C]
Like the right of every [G]man to work
And feed his fami[Em]ly, and feed his fami[C]ly
And the faces of A[G]merica[C]
Seem so distant and es[G]tranged [C]
Have their eyes become too [G]blind to see
How [D]much their hearts have [Em]changed (how much their hearts have changed)
How much their hearts have [C]changed (how much their hearts have changed)
How much their hearts have [G]changed
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
[C] [G]
There was a time[C][G]
A simpler time [C][G]
When a man could be sure of where he [D]stood [C-D-G]
I used to work at the yard[C][G]
Working honest and hard [C][G]
The hours were long, but the pay was [D]good [C-D-G]
I had a family and friends[C][G]
So many friends [C][G]
We'd drive to the lake on holi[D]days [C-D-G]
Back then it wasn't so dear[C][G]
For a sandwich or beer [C][G]
At night I still dream I can see their [D]faces [C]
CHORUS:
Certain things that you de[G]pend upon [C]
They were places that you'd [G]known [C]
And the faces of A[G]merica
Oh [D]oh, where do they [Em]go
Where did they [G]go [C][G][C][G]
I was born on a farm[C][G]
A mid-western farm [C][G]
I rode on the tractor with my [D]dad [C-D-G]
And though we never had much[C][G]
It was always enough [C][G]
And we made the best with what we [D]had [C-D-G]
But then came four years of drought[C][G]
And the bottom dropped out[C] [G]
My father was broken, like the [D]rest [C-D-G]
And I can still see his hands[C][G]
Signing over his lands [C][G]
And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the [D]dispossessed [C]
CHORUS:
Certain things that you de[G]pend upon[C]
There are places I can [G]go[C]
I sift the ashes of A[G]merica
For some[D]place I used to [Em]know (someplace I used to know)
Some[D]place I used to [C]know (someplace I used to know)
Someplace I used to [G]know
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G
There was a time[C][G]
A simpler time [C][G]
When a man could be sure of where he [D]stood [C-D-G]
I used to work at the yard[C][G]
Working honest and hard [C][G]
The hours were long, but the pay was [D]oh, so good [C]
CHORUS:
Certain things that you de[G]pend upon[C]
I used to think were guaran[G]teed [C]
Like the right of every [G]man to work
And feed his fami[Em]ly, and feed his fami[C]ly
And the faces of A[G]merica[C]
Seem so distant and es[G]tranged [C]
Have their eyes become too [G]blind to see
How [D]much their hearts have [Em]changed (how much their hearts have changed)
How much their hearts have [C]changed (how much their hearts have changed)
How much their hearts have [G]changed
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
[C] [G]
