Chords for George Jones - Where Grass Won't Grow

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The dirt was clay and was [G] the color of the blood [D] in the bay _ _ _ _
_ _ A twelve acre farm [G] on a reach in South [A] Tennessee _ _ _
We _ _ [B] leapt [Bm] our sweat [A] all over that land behind [G] a mule
We watched grow _ _ old [A] row [D] after _ row _ _ _
_ Trying to grow corn and cotton [G] on ground so full that [D] grass won't grow _
There _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ was one old store in [Ab] the holler we all [Eb] called town
_ _ _ _ It belonged to a gentle [Ab] old man named [Bb] Henry Brown
_ _ He _ _ [Cm] gave us credit in [Bb] the wintertime so we [Ab] could live through the cold _ _
When the [Bb] winds [Eb] brought _ snow _
_ Trying to grow corn and cotton [Ab] on ground so full that [Eb] grass won't grow
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ The one I loved [A] walked through those [E] fields with me
_ A _ _ _ _ hard working woman, [A] true as one [B] could be
_ _ But [Cm] _ [Dbm]
then one year [B] death was going round [A] and swiftly _ took its _ toll
And [B] so Janie [E] had to go _ _
Now _ she lies asleep on [A] the ground so full [B] that grass [E] won't grow
I _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ stand here looking [Bb] over this part of [F] Tennessee
The _ _ _ _ _ fields are bare [Bb] as far as the eye [C] can _ _ see
And _ [D] over the grave [C] where Janie lies [Bb] a beautiful sight to behold
_ And _
[C] no [F] wonder _ _ _ _ _ _ _ she's growing [Bb] on ground so [F] poor _ that grass won't grow _ _ _
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