Chords for A Hard Row to Hoe

_ Spent my life on a John Deere tractor
Made my living by the sweat of my brow
Raised a family on the fruit of the land
[E] From a seed, a prayer, and a plow
Fought [A] the wind, the hail, and twisters
Five-year droughts and the bitter cold
[E] But [B] this man-made hill [Em] has made my life
A hard road [A] to _ hoe
_ _ In our struggle for _ survival
The farmer's battle lines have _ formed
[B] Against the squeeze on every dollar
_ [E] And the shrinking price of corn
While [A] we live with trade embargoes
And our surplus _ overflows
_ [B] Just to feed my wife and family
Makes [E] it a hard [A] road to _ hoe _
_ _ [F#m] We're the backbone of this nation
Lord, [A] it's a painful sore to _ breathe
[D] We're the birth to build a thing
_ [E] And the last to get relief
[A] But things don't change
The family farm is gonna go the way of the buffalo
_ Heaven [B] help us, Lord, [E] it's a hard [A] road to _ hoe _
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_ Final blow, it came this morning
In a note from the FHA
_ _ [B] There'll be no more extensions
_ [E] On the note that I can't pay
They're [A] gonna sell my farm at auction
Lock, stock, and cotton bowl
That leaves me, my wife, and babies
[E] With a hard [A] road to hoe
_ _ _ [F#m] We're the backbone of this nation
Lord, [A] it's a painful sore to breathe
[D] We're the birth to build a thing
_ [E] And the last to get relief
[F#] But things [A] don't change
The family farm is gonna go the way of the buffalo
_ _ Heaven [B]
help us, Lord, [E] it's a hard road [A] to hoe
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