Growing Trade Chords by Levon Helm

[N] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[E] I worked [A] the land to raise [B] a family, till [G] I was weary [A] to the bone.
_ _ [F#m] But hard labor [G] never bothered me, [D] Lord it's all I've [A] ever known.
Too many seasons [Bm] of calamity, and [G] too much interest to [A] horn alone.
_ _ [F#m] _ I'm half the [G] size that I used to be, [Bm] and half [A] of that is [E]
gone.
_ _ The crops ten were [A] _
seeded, ten will only get you [E]
five.
_ _ The livestock [A] I'm feeding, I can hardly keep them [E] in line.
I [F#m] gotta do what [E] I can to [D]
survive.
I _ know [B] _ [F#m] a bit of love won't [D] be forgiven, _ _ [A]
but that'll be the [E] choice I make.
[Bm] I used to farm for [G] a living, _ [D] and now I'm in the growing [A] tree. _ _
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_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] The summer beauty [Bm] of the cotton field [G] was like a view from [A] heaven's door. _ _
[F#m] My granddaddy [G] said that harvest time [D] was what a good Lord [A] made us for.
I guess you'd wonder [Bm] where's the dignity [G] in a crop you [A] raised to burn. _
[F#m] _ But this land [G] is my legacy, [Bm] I got nowhere [A] _ [E] else to turn.
A _ _ shotgun [A] on my shoulder, [D] well it [A] don't stand [E] for a thing. _
_ The thieves are [A] getting _ bolder, and the feds may be [E] wise to me.
I [B] gotta quit [E] this eventually.
[D] _ _ _
_ _ _ I know [F#m] a bit of love won't be [D] forgiven, _ _ [A] but that'll be the [E] choice I make.
I [Bm] used to farm for [G] a living, [D] and now I'm in the [A] growing tree. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ Helicopters [A] in the distance, coming closer [E] every day. _ _
They're gonna meet some [A] resistance, _ ain't no price to pay.
[E] _ There _ _ won't be [A] any difference _ when they take it all [E] away. _ _ _
Between a cop [A] and the jailhouse, and a bed beneath the [E] clay.
I guess [F#m] there's nothing [E] to do now [D] but pray. _ _
I know [F#] a bit of love won't [D] be forgiven, _ [A] but that'll be the choice [E] I make.
I [Bm] used to farm for [G] a living, _ [D] and now I'm in the growing [A] tree.
_ _ _ _ _ I used [Bm] to _ farm for [G] a living, _ [D] and now I'm in the growing [A] tree. _ _ _
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