[Verso 1]
E
I been workin on the farm
E
Just me and my brother Jack
E
Choppin a sea of cotton
E
Till I thought Id break my back
B/F#
Everything changed
B/F#
When my daddy got hurt
E
Our lives were so connected
E E
To that brown ol flatland dirt
E
When the government man from Austin
E
Come sniffin around our land
E
Askin a bunch of questions
E
That we did not understand
A
Theres more to farmin cotton
A
Than just tendin to your seed
E
The ones who set the policy
E E
Dont give a damn about our needs
[Refrão]
A E
Sow the seed in the ground below
B/F# E
Fall to your knees and pray real slow
A E
That rain will come and kiss the seed
B/F# E
And Bless you with all that you need
Interlude:
Esus4 Esus4 E
[Verso 2]
E
Mama says to Jackie
E
Would she bring the car around?
E
Shes wearin her finest dress
E
Thats how I know shes goin to town
B/F#
I wish Id never seen that letter
B/F#
That I found there in her room
E
They're sellin the farm on the courthouse step
E E
This Tuesday afternoon
E
Me and Jack moved into town
E
To a shack by the train depot
E
Jack got a job as a bouncer
E
At a Bar on Paradise Row
B/F#
Mama got a job in the cotton gin
B/F#
Grading cotton by the bale
E
She cried when a trailor full of cotton come in
E E
From the farm we had to sell
[Refrão]
A E
Sow the seed in the ground below
B/F# E
Fall to your knees and pray real slow
A E
That rain will come and kiss the seed
B/F# E
And Bless you with all that you need
Interlude:
while holding E chord shape do hammer ons
open D string hammer on D
open D string hammer on E
E
walk down E7 E6 E
open A string hammer on B
E
[Verso 3]
E
Me, I ended up in jail
E
Sick of livin on welfare
E
And the hardest thing ever happend to me
E
Is when mama come to vist me there
B/F#
Dont you worry your pretty little head
B/F#
I said as I buttoned my shirt
E
When I get out of this Iron Hotel
E E
Im goin back to that Dryland dirt
E
For some its just a livin
E
But for Us its our whole life
E
If it kills me Im gonna rake that dirt
E
And make a livin out of toil and strife
B/F#
The ways of the cities makes no sense
B/F#
Strapped to dependency
E
Id rather be sweatin beneath a clear blue sky
E E
Plantin cotton with my family
[Refrão]
A E
Sow the seed in the ground below
B/F# E
Fall to your knees and pray real slow
A E
That rain will come and kiss the seed
B/F# E
And Bless you with all that you need
A E
Sow the seed in the ground below
B/F# E
Fall to your knees and pray real slow
A E
That rain will come and kiss the seed
B/F# E
And Bless you with all that you need
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