e ------------------------- B -----------------------1-
Am
C
He built a house of timber
Am
C
And raised a redhead son
Am
C
Then they worked the land together
G
Am
And prayed the rain would come
F
C
There's a scarecrow in the garden
G
Am
That looks like Lucifer
F
Am
And I've been reading Revelations
G
Am
With my bare feet in the river
C
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Am
e ------------------- B -----------------1-
Am
C
Well the redhead's son got older
Am
C
And took a brown eyed wife
Am
C
And the fields were green as dollars
G
Am
Cause the dirt was black as night
Am
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Am
C
I came in late September
Am
C
The youngest one of three
Am
C
And my sisters off and married
G
Am
So the land was left to me
F
C
There's a scarecrow in the garden
G
Am
That looks like Lucifer
F
Am
And I've been reading Revelations
G
Am
With my bare feet in the river
G
I know every single fencepost
F
Am
Every rock that goes around
G
I've been staring at the red oak
F
Am
Where I know they'll lay me down
Am
C
The fields ain't what they once were
Am
C
The rains just seem to flood
Am
C
And I've been thinking about that river
G
Am
Wondering how it turned to blood
Am
C
I've been sitting here all morning
Am
C
I was sitting here all night
Am
C
There's a bible in my left hand
G
Am
And a pistol in my right *************************