(intro) D--7---7---7--------------7---7--7-9- A--7h9---9-7--9-7---7-9---7h9---9---- F#m E E---------------7h9-----9------------ A Bm I worked the land to raise a family G A 'Till I was weary to the bone F#m G But hard labour never bothered me D A Lord, it's all I ever known A Bm Too many seasons of calamity G A And too much interest on the loan F#m G It's half the size as it used to be D A E Esus4 E And half of that is stone E A The crops ain't worth a-seeding D A E Esus4 E Timber only gets you fire E A The live-stock I'm a-feeding D A E I can hardly keep 'em alive F#m E D I gotta do what I can to survive (chorus) F#m D I know the law wont be forgiving A E But that'll be the choice I made Bm G I used to farm for a living D A But now I'm in the growing trade (intro riff) A Bm The summer beauty of the cotton fields G A Was like a view from heaven's door F#m G My grandaddy said that harvest time D A Was what the good lord made us for A Bm I guess he'd wonder where's the dignity G A In a crop you raise to burn F#m G But this land is my legacy D A E Esus4 E I got nowhere else to turn E A Shotgun on my shoulder D A E Esus4 E Where a tote sack oughta be E A The theives are getting bolder D A E And the feds may be watching me F#m E D I gotta quit this eventually (chorus) F#m D I know the law wont be forgiving A E But that'll be the choice I made Bm G I used to farm for a living D A Asus4 A But now I'm in the growing trade E A Helicopters in the distance D A E Getting closer every day E A They're gonna meet some resistance D A E Ain't no price too big to pay E A It won't make any difference, D A E When they take it all away, E A Between the cot in the jailhouse D A E And a bed beneath the clay F#m E D I guess there's nothing to do now but pray (chorus)