Thirty Years Of Farming (live)
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verse 1
G
There's a little white note
G
on the gate by the road
C C/G C C/G G
that a man put up yesterday
G
And when we saw it,
G
we all ran out
A D/F#
just to see what it had to say.
G
And when we read it,
G
our eyes filled with tears,
C C/G C C/G G
and they fell to the cold, hard clay
G
Something about a mortgage,
G
something about foreclosure,
G D G
something about failing to pay.
[Refrão]G
Oh, and on the post by the
G
general store,
C C/G C C/G G
they put up a little sign
G
An auction sale
G
day after tomorrow
A D/F# D D/F#
at the end of the Lincoln Line
G
Thirty years of farming,
G
thirty years of heartache,
C C/G C C/G G
thirty years of day to day
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
G
the day the farm was auctioned,
G D G
there was nothing left to say.
verse 2
G
Oh, my mama's tears fell
G
freely down
C C/G C C/G G
as she walked amongst the flowers in the yard
G
And every number
G
the auctioneer called
A D/F#
was like a blow to her precious heart
G
And every number
G
the auctioneer called
C C/G C C/G G
meant another thing was sold that day
G
'Til everything was auctioned,
G
and we stood there watching
G D G
as they loaded it and drove it away.
[Refrão]G
Oh, and on the post by the
G
general store,
C C/G C C/G G
they put up a little sign
G
An auction sale
G
day after tomorrow
A D/F#
at the end of the Lincoln Line
G
Thirty years of farming,
G
thirty years of heartache,
C C/G C C/G G
thirty years of day to day
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
G
the day the farm was auctioned,
G D G
there was nothing left to say.
Instrumental
G C G
G A D
G C G
G D G
verse 3
G
At the day's first dawning,
G
we awoke this morning,
C C/G C C/G G
there was nothing for us to do,
G
Nothing in the granary,
G
no hay in the mow,
A D/F#
no cattle, no tractor, no tools.
G
So we loaded up the car,
G
took the clothes that we wore
C C/G C C/G G
and a few things we managed to save.
G
Mama read from the Book,
G
we took one last look,
G D G
and then we drove away.
[Refrão]G
Oh, and on the post by the
G
general store,
C C/G C C/G G
they put up a little sign
G
An auction sale
G
day after tomorrow
A D/F#
at the end of the Lincoln Line
G
Thirty years of farming,
G
thirty years of heartache,
C C/G C C/G G
thirty years of day to day
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
G
the day the farm was auctioned,
G D G
there was nothing left to say.
Outro
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talking
G
the day the farm was auctioned,
G D G
there was nothing left to say.
How to play Thirty Years Of Farming (live)
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