(intro)
D--7---7---7--------------7---7--7-9-
A--7h9---9-7--9-7---7-9---7h9---9---- F#m E
E---------------7h9-----9------------
I worked the [A]land to raise a [Bm]family
'Till I was [G]weary to the [A]bone
[F#m]But hard labour never [G]bothered me
Lord, it's [D]all I ever [A]known
Too many [A]seasons of [Bm]calamity
And too much [G]interest on the [A]loan
[F#m]It's half the size as it [G]used to be
And [D]half of [A]that is [E]stone[Esus4][E]
[E]The crops ain't worth a-[A]seeding
Timber [D]only [A]gets you [E]fire[Esus4][E]
[E]The live-stock I'm a-[A]feeding
I can [D]hardly [A]keep 'em a[E]live
I gotta [F#m]do what I [E]can to [D]survive
(chorus)
I know the [F#m]law wont be for[D]giving
But [A]that'll be the choice I [E]made
I used to [Bm]farm for a [G]living
But [D]now I'm in the growing [A]trade
(intro riff)
The summer [A]beauty of the [Bm]cotton fields
Was like a [G]view from heaven's [A]door
[F#m]My grandaddy said that [G]harvest time
Was what the [D]good lord made us [A]for
I guess he'd [A]wonder where's the [Bm]dignity
In a [G]crop you raise to [A]burn
[F#m]But this land is my [G]legacy
I got [D]nowhere [A]else to [E]turn[Esus4][E]
[E]Shotgun on my [A]shoulder
Where a [D]tote sack [A]oughta [E]be[Esus4][E]
[E]The theives are getting [A]bolder
And the [D]feds may be [A]watching [E]me
I gotta [F#m]quit this [E]eventual[D]ly
(chorus)
I know the [F#m]law wont be for[D]giving
But [A]that'll be the choice I [E]made
I used to [Bm]farm for a [G]living
But [D]now I'm in the growing [A]trade[Asus4][A]
Heli[E]copters in the [A]distance
Getting [D]closer [A]every [E]day
[E]They're gonna meet some resi[A]stance
Ain't no [D]price too [A]big to [E]pay
[E]It won't make any [A]difference,
When they [D]take it [A]all aw[E]ay,
[E]Between the cot in the [A]jailhouse
And a [D]bed bene[A]ath the c[E]lay
I guess there's [F#m]nothing to [E]do now but [D]pray
(chorus)
D--7---7---7--------------7---7--7-9-
A--7h9---9-7--9-7---7-9---7h9---9---- F#m E
E---------------7h9-----9------------
I worked the [A]land to raise a [Bm]family
'Till I was [G]weary to the [A]bone
[F#m]But hard labour never [G]bothered me
Lord, it's [D]all I ever [A]known
Too many [A]seasons of [Bm]calamity
And too much [G]interest on the [A]loan
[F#m]It's half the size as it [G]used to be
And [D]half of [A]that is [E]stone[Esus4][E]
[E]The crops ain't worth a-[A]seeding
Timber [D]only [A]gets you [E]fire[Esus4][E]
[E]The live-stock I'm a-[A]feeding
I can [D]hardly [A]keep 'em a[E]live
I gotta [F#m]do what I [E]can to [D]survive
(chorus)
I know the [F#m]law wont be for[D]giving
But [A]that'll be the choice I [E]made
I used to [Bm]farm for a [G]living
But [D]now I'm in the growing [A]trade
(intro riff)
The summer [A]beauty of the [Bm]cotton fields
Was like a [G]view from heaven's [A]door
[F#m]My grandaddy said that [G]harvest time
Was what the [D]good lord made us [A]for
I guess he'd [A]wonder where's the [Bm]dignity
In a [G]crop you raise to [A]burn
[F#m]But this land is my [G]legacy
I got [D]nowhere [A]else to [E]turn[Esus4][E]
[E]Shotgun on my [A]shoulder
Where a [D]tote sack [A]oughta [E]be[Esus4][E]
[E]The theives are getting [A]bolder
And the [D]feds may be [A]watching [E]me
I gotta [F#m]quit this [E]eventual[D]ly
(chorus)
I know the [F#m]law wont be for[D]giving
But [A]that'll be the choice I [E]made
I used to [Bm]farm for a [G]living
But [D]now I'm in the growing [A]trade[Asus4][A]
Heli[E]copters in the [A]distance
Getting [D]closer [A]every [E]day
[E]They're gonna meet some resi[A]stance
Ain't no [D]price too [A]big to [E]pay
[E]It won't make any [A]difference,
When they [D]take it [A]all aw[E]ay,
[E]Between the cot in the [A]jailhouse
And a [D]bed bene[A]ath the c[E]lay
I guess there's [F#m]nothing to [E]do now but [D]pray
(chorus)
