Chords for Corb Lund - "S Lazy H" [Live]

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_ Well, I was born _ in this valley, _ [F] on this _ ranch [C] I was raised.
I learned to load rope and dally on [Dm] the S, [G] lazy H.
[C] Where the roots of my people, [F] they run deep [C] on this place.
I am sixth _ _ [Em] generation, _ [F] on the S, _ [G] [C] lazy H.
_ _ _ _ _ When it came _ to the future, I [F] never gave [C] it a thought.
If there were broncs to be broken,
and [Dm] last years [G] to be caught.
[C] Well, my youth, it was carefree, for [F] the work was [C] my play.
And what I loved, would [Em] always be there, _ [F] on the S, _ [G] [C] lazy H. _ _ _ _
I had one _ beloved sister, a [F] few years _ younger [C] than me.
Before her soul, _ cowboy had kissed her, she [Dm] left for school.
_ [G] In the east, [C] me I might have gone to college,
[F] might have _ liked [C] to fly planes.
But my dad [Em] needed help to [F] run the S, _ [G] [C] lazy H.
_ _ _ _ _ So I worked there long sighted, [F] but I don't use [C] in this place.
_ And I gained _ appreciation _ [Dm] for the lines [G] on his face.
[C] And when mom had grown older, [F] and when _ dad [C] passed away.
It felt to me, _ [Em] to look after [F] the S, _ [G] [C] lazy H. _ _ _
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By now my sister, _ she had married a [F] shop attorney.
[C] Back east, we didn't see _ eye to eye.
But I [Dm] did my best [G] to make peace.
What [C] did they see, when they looked over, over [F] the _ fence.
One [C] fine day, they saw a hole, a [Em] lot of value, _ [F] in the S, _ [G] [C] lazy H.
_ _ _ _ So after thought, _ and assessment, the [F] court _ awarded [C] them half.
_ And no cow, _ calv'operation, _ [Dm] carries that _ [G] kind of cash.
[C] Well I worked, _ through the numbers, _ [F] worked them _ every [C] which way.
_ Yeah I went, _ through the numbers, [F] oh and _ boys [C] I'm afraid.
One fine day, I had to sell, _ [Em] 40 sections [F] of the S, [Am] _ [G] [C] lazy H. _ _ _ _
_ Sometimes right, _ isn't equal, _ [F] sometimes _ _ [C] equal's not fair.
_ There will soon, be rows of houses, _ [Dm] on that ridge, _ [G] over there.
_ _ [C] _ Many lifetimes, of labor, _ [F] will be all, [C] but erased.
So shed a tear, _ [Em] and look skyward, God [F] help the S, _ [G] [C] lazy H.
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_ [F] _ [C] _ _ The last few years, were a struggle, [F] but I gave it [C] my best.
_ And I tried, to go [Em] forward, [D] on the land, that [G] was left.
[C] Well I have lived, with the sorrow, and I [F] will die, [C] with the shame.
For now the bank, _ owns [Em] what's left of, _ [F] the S, [G] lazy [C] H. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [N] _ _ Thank you very much. _
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