Chords for Rich Davies & The Low Road - Dirt Under My Nails

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_ _ _ _ Now the days are long like I never knew
_ _ _ [B] [C#m] The years pass so quick and the [A] kids they grew
[E] _ And I know [E] I'm old and my mind is slow
But [B] I paid all my dues those [A] years ago
_ _ [E] And we did the very best that we could and [C#] _ [C#m] we worked every day [A] hard good
_ _ And we sit our prayers and we [E] paid our debts
_ [B] And I sit right here with [A] you regrets
[E] With the dirt under my nails I feel with the dirt under [A] my nails
_ I'll build a [E] home for my family [B] with the dirt [E] under my nails
And we came down here at the World War two
_ _ There was [C#m] no work back home for [A] us to do
_ _ Another good sugar came [E] for three years
_ [B] This is my money back home to get my girl [A] down here
_ [E] Didn't eat my son till he was four years old _ _
_ [C#m] And I swore I'd never let him go [A] hungry or cold _
And back then I carried concrete [E] on my back _
[B] And I swore then I was gonna make [A] my mark _
[E] And we saved every penny and we bought a home _ _
[G#m] With a tiny work ethic I paid [A] off our loan
_ And in only nine years I proved my worth
_ A [B] home on the other side of this
_ [E] That I built with the dirt under my nails I built with the dirt under my [A] nails
I built a [E] home for my [B] family with the dirt under [E] my nails
With the dirt under my nails I built with the dirt under [A] my nails
I built [E] a home for my family [B] with the dirt under [E] my nails
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_ _ _ _ Now my grandkids they fill me with pride
_ _ [B] [C#m] My son and my daughter stand [A] out alright
_ They take me out for a walk when the [E] weather's fair
But I [B] spend most my days sitting [A] in my chair
[E] And I tell them tales of a world long past
_ [G#m] The years just seem to go [A] by so _ fast
And I tell them of the [E] _
sacrifice
_ [B] I tell them of a [A] wonderful life
That I [E] built with the dirt under my nails I built with the [N] dirt under my nails
I built a home for my family with the dirt under my nails
With [G#m] the dirt under my nails [D#] I built with the dirt under [A] my nails
I built [E] a home for my family [B] with the dirt under [E] my [C#m] nails
I built a home for my [B] family with the dirt under [E] my nails _ _
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