Farm on the Freeway
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intro Em C Em C
Em C Em C Em
Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire
C Asus4 Em C
laid by the father for the son.
Em C Em C Em C
Good shelter down there on the valley floor,
C Asus4 Em C Em
down by where the sweet stream run.
C D Asus4
Now they might give me compensation...
Em D Em
That's not what I'm chasing.
F C Em
I was a rich man before yesterday.
C Em C
Now all I have got is a cheque and a pickup truck.
C Asus4 Em C Em C
I left my farm on the freeway.
Em C Em C Em
They're busy building airports on the south side...
C Asus4 Em C
Silicon chip factory on the east.
Em C Em C Em C
And the big road's pushing through along the valley floor.
C Asus4 Em C Em
Hot machine pouring six lanes at the very least.
C D Asus4
Now they might give me compensation...
Em D Em
That's not what I'm chasing.
F C Em
I was a rich man before yesterday.
C Em C
Now all I have left is a broken-down pickup truck.
C Asus4 Em C Em C
Looks like my farm is a freeway.
Em C Em C Em
They forgot they told us what this old land was for.
C Asus4 Em C
Grow two tons the acre, boy, between the stones.
Em C Em C Em C
This was no Southfork, it was no Ponderosa.
C Asus4 Em C Em
But it was the place that I called home.
C D Asus4
Now they might give me compensation...
Em D Em
That's not what I'm chasing.
F C Em
I was a rich man before yesterday.
C Em C
And what do I want with a million dollars and a pickup truck?
C Asus4 Em C Em C
When I left my farm under the freeway.
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