Chords for Murray Mclauchlan - The Farmer Song

_ I [Em] wrote this song in New York City in the Gorham Hotel in Manhattan.
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_ _ _ It's an odd [E] place to write a song like this if you don't get [G] much farther away from the country. _
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_ [Em] When it came out on the record, _ _ this DJ in a little Ottawa mom and pop station picked it up and started playing it. _ _
Then the station next door, _ then the one after that, and the one after that, and the one after that. _
_ _ Then it got on the pop charts.
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So it paved the driveway for me. _ _ _
_ And I was really happy about that, but over the years _ I've become happy about it for a different [G] reason. _ _ _ _
Pretty well everywhere I go in Canada, _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] somebody will come up and _ _ either sing me this song,
_ _ _ or some person will come up and say, that meant a lot to my dad,
_ _ _ or some fellow with really hard hands will come up and shake my hand and say, thanks for writing that song.
_ And I said, _ it's me who should be thanking you.
In fact, that's what the song does.
It says thank you to a bunch of people that _ deserve it.
[Em] _ Thank you is a powerful message.
Maybe that's why this song is still on the jukebox in the Kalladart [G] Hotel. _ _ _ _
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There's no farmer songs on the car radio
_ Just cowboys, [C] truck drivers and pain _ _
This is [A] my way to [Em] say thanks for the meal
_ _ There's no [G] shortage of rain
Sing it if you know it _
_ _ _ Straw hat and old dirty _ _ hanky
_ Mopping the [E] face [Em] like a shoe
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_ Thanks for the meal
Here's [Am] a song that [A] is real
From [Am] a kid from the [D] city to you
_ _ _ Straw hat and old dirty _ hanky _
_ Mopping the [Em] face like [Am] a shoe
_ [A] _ _ Thanks for the meal
Here's a song that is real
From [Am] a kid from the city [G] to you _ _
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_ The _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ banks are full of clothes
_ And the crops have gone dry
Things just ain't like they [E] used to _ be
Know [Am] your kids, they're out chasing that American [A] dream
And [Am] they're working in big [G] factories _
_ _ _ If I come by when you're out in the sun
In a way that you'd just [C] like a friend _ _ _
These days [A] when _ [Em] everyone's taking so much
There's somebody [E] giving back [F#] in
_ [D] _ _ Straw hat and old dirty hanky _ _
Mopping [Em] the face like a shoe
_ [E] _ _ [Am] Thanks for [D] the meal
[Am] Here's a song that [D] is real
[Am] From a kid from [A] the city to [D] you _ _ _
Straw hat and old dirty _ _ hanky
_ [G] Mopping the [E] face like a [Em] shoe
[D] _ _ _ [A] Thanks for the [A] meal
Here's a [Am] song that [D] is real
[Am] From a kid [A] from the city to [G] you _
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