Mitch Sevy

[Verso 1] Am C Am C Am C The atc and the ppa got together to fight one another, neighbors that were once close friends E Am Became guerillas fighting each other [Verso 2] Am C Am C Am C The ppa only had one third of the growers in the co-op, the atc offered more money to E Am Those that wouldn't join it F C E Am Desperate men took matters in their own hands and formed a band called the night riders F C E Am Burning tobacco barns and shooting homes of the non compliant farmers [Verso 3] Am C Am C The beginning of the end was in hopkinsville with no help from the state militia Am C E Am And by the first world war they could sell no more of that black patch tobacco [Verso 4] Am C Am C Poverty and despair was all that grew there for years and years there after Am C E Am The curse of the black patch war brought on by their forefathers