This isNOT a complex song. In any key, the chords are: I - IV - V7 - I
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(e.g., in the key of G, chords are G - C - D7 - G).
CHORUS:
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes,
I -
What'd life be without homegrown tomatoes,
IV -
There's only two things that money can't buy:
V7
True love and homegrown tomatoes.
I
1.
There's nothin in the world that I like better
I
Than bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes
IV
Up in the morning out in the garden
V7
Pick you a ripe one, don't bet a hard 'un
I
Plant em in the springtime, eat em in the summer
I
All winter without em's a culinary bummer
IV
I forget all about the sweatin and the diggin
V7
Every time I go out and pick me a big 'un
I
CHORUS
2. You can go out and eat em, that's for sure
But there's nothin a home grown tomato won't cure
Put em in a salad, put em in a stew
You can make your own, your very own tomato juice
You can eat em with eggs, you can eat em with gravy
You can eat em with beans, pinto or navy
Put em on the side, put em in the middle
Home grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle
CHORUS
3. If I could change this life I lead
You could call me Johnny Tomatoseed
I know what this country needs
It's home grown tomatoes in every yard you see.
When I die don't bury me
In a box in a cold dark cemetery
Out in the garden would be much better
Where I could be a pushin' up the home grown tomatoes.
CHORUS
Good luck and have fun.
Douglas R. Whitney
How to play This isNOT a complex song. In any key, the chords are: I - IV - V7 - I
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What is the starting chord?
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