IntroCAmAmVerse 1AmC
Well he came from Northern Ireland
AmC
Searching for the free man's ground
AmC
And he came to bet his fortune
GAm
On a West Virginia plow
BridgeAmVerse 2AmC
He built a house of timber
AmC
And raised a redhead son
AmC
Then they worked the land together
GAm
And prayed the rain would come
ChorusFC
There's a scarecrow in the garden
GAm
That looks like Lucifer
FAm
And I've been reading Revelations
GAm
With my bare feet in the river
Bridge 2CAmVerse 3AmC
Well the redhead's son got older
AmC
And took a brown eyed wife
AmC
And the fields were green as dollars
GAm
Cause the dirt was black as night
Bridge 3AmVerse 4AmC
I came in late September
AmC
The youngest one of three
AmC
And my sisters off and married
GAm
So the land was left to me
ChorusFC
There's a scarecrow in the garden
GAm
That looks like Lucifer
FAm
And I've been reading Revelations
GAm
With my bare feet in the river
Verse 5]
G
I know every single fencepost
FAm
Every rock that goes around
G
I've been staring at the red oak
FAm
Where I know they'll lay me down
Verse 6]
AmC
The fields ain't what they once were
AmC
The rains just seem to flood
AmC
And I've been thinking about that river
GAm
Wondering how it turned to blood
Outro
(single strum each note)
AmC
I've been sitting here all morning
AmC
I was sitting here all night
AmC
There's a bible in my left hand
GAm
And a pistol in my right
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