Dirt Chords by Chris Knight

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I would have bought [F] my grandpa's [C]
farm, _ _ _ _ but I couldn't raise quite enough cash. _ _
_ _ _ Now they're cutting [F] all the timber _ [C] down, _ _ _ _ _ _ turning all the rest to ash. _ _ _ _ _
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A company came [F] in from out [C] of state _ to _ _ _ build another stinking [G] _ [C] factory. _
_ _ _ _ And them county [F] politicians think [C] they know _ _ _ _ _ just exactly [G] what [C] we need.
[F] But I sit down by the [C] highway, _ [G] I hear those big [C] cats growl.
_ [F] Where's the quail [C] gonna fly to?
Where will the rabbits run [Am] now?
_ [F] _ I watch them [C] tearing all the hell [G] what used to be [C] my _ church.
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Tearing up [C] my grandpa's land, _ _ _ treating my [F] grandpa's land [C] like dirt. _ _ _ _ _
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A few more jobs and a lot less trees, _ _ _ _ _ gonna put this [G] county in a [C] rat race.
_ _ _ _ _ Like that's where [F] we wanna [C] be, _ _ _ _ _ this used to be such a peaceful place. _ _ _ _
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_ They tell us that [F] they [C] don't _ _ look, _ the shit they dump in the river [G] is perfectly [C]
safe.
_ _ _ _ _ But all the talk in [F] the whole [C] wide world, _ _ _ _ _ never brings back [G] what they [C] laid to waste.
[F] I sit down by [C] the highway, _ _ [G] I hear those big [C] cats growl.
_ [F] _ Where's the quail [C] gonna fly to?
Where will the rabbits run now?
_ [F] _ I watch them [C] tearing all the hell what [G] used to be [C] my church.
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Tearing up my [C] _ grandpa's land, _ _ _ _ treating my [F] grandpa's land [C] like dirt. _ _ _ _ _
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There's an ancient oak standing alone, _ _ _ _ _ trying to do the work of [G] a thousand [C] trees.
_ _ _ _ _ Then he sits a [F] Cherokee called [C] his home, _ _ _ _ _ but he's standing in the way of a factory.
[F] I sit down by [C] the highway, _ [G] I hear those big [C] cats growl.
_ [F] _ Where's the quail [C] gonna fly to?
Where will the rabbits run now?
_ [F] I watch them [C] tearing all the hell [G] what used to be [C] my church.
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Tearing up my [C] _ grandpa's land, _ _ _ _ treating my [F] grandpa's land [C] like dirt.
Treating my [F] grandpa's land [C] like dirt. _ _ _ _ _
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