Key: Ab major•
Verse 1
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Tore, I hope this letter
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finds you well.
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The floods have taken hold of us,
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but my husband will not sell.
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Your letters have all perished, the
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Bible has survived.
And
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Jesus holds us in his hands
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In a land where love abides
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When you're forty years upon the land
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The land becomes your soul
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lamps and electric poles
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All along the telegraph,
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Eb
the song of the talking wire
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Indians, the dying of their fires
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Grandchildren lie in ross and wheat
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and watch the trains roll by
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Jesse
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Rhine
John
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Barbara
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Allen's ghost
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Eb
As they talk of hopping freight trains
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To the promised land, the coast
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The
Larsons and the
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Russells
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Have fled the land of corn
To search for gold in
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Hollywood
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Where the worst of dreams are born
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They leave behind their heritage,
Ireland
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The gold they seek in
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California is glitter mixed
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with sand
American primitive men,
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I seldom feel his loving hand,
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American primitive man.
Outro 1
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ChordsDb Ab Eb Bbm Bb
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