Up On The Divide

Intro F C G C C/G [Verso 1] F/C C G C Go cinch up the saddle, ol Dunny and me F C G Gonna drive up the cattle where the snows used to be F C G Am I ain't much for nothin, but still I can ride F C And the springtime's a-comin G C Up on the divide, F C G C Springtime's a-comin up on the divide [Verso 2] F C G C Ol Charlie he sold out and lost everything F C G A fifty-two Chevy and a Navajo ring F C G Am Busted flat broken and split open wide F C And the springtime's a-comin G C Up On the divide, F C G C Springtime's a-comin up on the divide Instrumental F C G C F C G C [Verso 3] F C G C My granddaddy died here in nineteen and three F C G He left this old shotgun my daddy gave me F C G Am I hope there's someplace we can all rope and ride F C And the springtime's a-comin G C Up On the divide, F C G C Springtime's a-comin up on the divide [Verso 4] F C G C Well that grave on the hillside is long overgrown F C G Been twenty-two years since I gathered stones F C G Am and Twenty-two more since I made her my bride F C And the springtime's a-comin G C Up On the divide, F C G C Springtime's a-comin up on the divide Instrumental F C G C F C G G F C G Am F C G C [Verso 5] F C G C The coal company man wants to eat up your coal F C G First He'll swallow your cattle, then he'll swallow your soul F C G Am He'll dig you a grave about ten acres wide F C And the springtime's a-comin G C Up on the divide, F C G C The springtime's a-comin up on the divide F C G Am Springtime's a-comin on the divide F C G C Springtime's a-comin up on the divide Outro F C G C F C G G F C G Am F C G C