Dirt Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
I re[Em]member that summer
I [C]was ten years old
When our [G]days ceased [D]to shine
No, you [Em]could not take a breath
[G]When those [C]black blizzards came
Strippin' [G]land in dire need [D]of rain
There was [Em]dirt on the floor
As mama [C]swept all day long
Leavin' [G]trails of tears and
mud down [D]her face
There was [Em]dirt in our beds
And [G]there [C]was dirt in our clothes
And there [G]was dirt in the little that we [D]ate
We had [Em]heard about
the market's [G]fall
[C]A couple years before
But [G]the fields and the harvest
all seemed [D]fine
Some[Em]times the things that kill us
[C]That which we don't know
That strip [G]the land of everything but pride
[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Stay close tog[Em]ether
That's all we knew to get [D]by[Asus4][D]
I re[G]call a helpless feelin'
[Em]First time that I saw[D]
my father [C]cry
Lookin' back on everything [G]we had
On everything we [D]lost
[G]Still makes me won[Em]der
Was stayin' [D]worth the cost?

[Verse 3]
[D]
Lotta [Em]town folk up and left
[G]They boarded [C]up the schools and
banks and [G]the churches[D]
And that, [G]to [Bm]me, was w[D]rong
Come next [Em]year, it would be [D]better
For [C]the last one standin' tall
for the [G]ones[D]
That [G]showed the most [D]resolve
They an[Em]nounced the New Deal
With [D]the Conserva[C]tion Act
and then the Re[G]lief Fund
But we were on our [D]knees
There was [Em]little hope by then
So we just [C]stood there in that line
And we [G]thanked the man for
that little bit of cheese
[D]

[Verse 4]
[G]We stay close tog[Em]ether
That's all we knew to get [D]by
How I re[G]call a helpless [Em]feelin'
The first time that I [D]saw
my father [C]cry
Lookin' back on everything we [G]had
And on everything we [D]lost
[G]Still makes me [Em]wonder
Was stayin' [D]worth the cost?

[Outro 1]
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