Key: Eb major
Intro 1
D
A
Asus4
D
A
Verse 1
D
G
Mama and papa spent the very
D
C
A
best years of their life on the west Texas farm
D
G
Tryin' to scratch a livin' from the black
D
A
D
land dirt that traded them only with storm
A
D
G
D
From way before sunup to way up to sundown
C
A
papa walked behind that ol' mule
D
G
Until the day that they laid him away
D
A
D
he lived by the golden rule
Bm
F#m
Black Texas dirt you're full of hurt and
G
A
D
you won't geow nothing but weeds
Bm
F#m
You took my mama and papa it's true but
G
A
D
B
you ain't a gonna get me
[ ac.guitar ]
E
A
Yes sun and the rain well they took everything
E
D
B
cept the dirt that would fly in my face
E
A
I swore that someday that I'd find me a
E
B
E
way to take me away from this place
B
E
A
I packed up my belongings for soon I'd
E
D
B
be goin' far off to start a new life
E
A
E
And I'd better hurry or I'd have to worry
E
Verse 2
B
E
I thought I could hear voices callin' to me
That I was leavin' something behind
A
E
I couldn't put my finger on it but
A
E
And that they were pleading with to stay
B
E
C#m
E
And that the rain was tears at the skies were
Bm
B
E
Oh that feelings got over me like a flood
A
E
And for the very first time in my life I knew
B
E
I had black Texas dirt in my blood
Verse 3
C#m
G#m
A
Black Texas dirt you're full of hurt and you
B
E
won't geow nothing but weeds
C#m
G#m
You took my mama and papa it's true and
A
B
now you're a gonna take me
Outro 1
E
C#m
E
C#m
E
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