_ _ _ _
Eb _ _ _ _ .
G _ _
D _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Am _ _ _ _
Em _ _ _
A _ .
G Talk about an uphill battle,
D 2,000 acres of beans and cattle,
Em C but he don't ever get
G a.
rattle, he
C just goes till the sun goes down.
_ .
G _ Hydraulic fluid on his jeans,
D red dye diesel and tin rose between,
C a cold one on the porch.
and a good night's sleep.
Y'all hold him up in me now.
D Here's to
G the farmer that plants the fiddles in the spring,
D that turn from green to that harvest honey.
Am Hold one up for the banker downtown,
C that got him on his feet
D with handshake money.
G Here's to the farmer's wife
D that loves him every night.
Am Raising a son, raising
G a daughter, they gather round the table, send it up to the father.
Somehow they get closer when times
Am get harder.
Here's to
G the farmer, _ _
D _ _ _ _ .
G _ subdivisions creeping on in,
D neighborhood kids keep jumping his.
fence,
C he can double his money, but that be the end of a promise he'll never break.
G Cause he loved his daddy in the aisle,
D and he's got that stubborn pride,
C he'll be here.
till the day he dies, no he wouldn't
G have it any other way.
D Here's to
G the farmer that plants the fiddles in the spring,
D that turn from green to that harvest honey.
Am Hold one up for the banker downtown,
C that got him on his feet
D with handshake money.
G Here's to the farmer's wife
D that loves him every night.
Am Raising a son, raising a daughter,
G they gather round the table, send it up to the father.
C Somehow they
G get closer when times
Am get harder.
Here's to
G the farmer, _ _ _
D _ _ _ _ .
Am _ _ _
C yeah.
_
D Here's to
G the farmer that loves his day in the sun,
D won't sell that old halftime,
Am nobody.
knows better about a hard
C earned daughter.
_
G.
Am Just tell him out for he's
G gotta go, and he'll go farther.
D Here's to
G the farmer, _ _ _
D _ _ here's to
C the farmer.
_ _ _ _ Thank you boys.
G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .