I'm Just A Farmer chords by Cal Smith

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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He said, Hi, I'm Ted Lomas
And I'm running for Congress
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And I sure would appreciate your vote
I got a small farm just out of Whitefield
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A few cows and a big mortgage note
He was a charmer to the poor
man and the farmer
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And all of us naturally knew
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We'd finally found us a voice
for the Congress
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Singin' I'm just a farmer like you
From the beginning, it was a horse race
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Nip and tug to the end
When the last vote was counted,
old Teddy had just made it
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They called it a great people's win
And he moved to D .C. where
he found it easy
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Cracking the lobbyist blues
As his wealth kept growing
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he held to the slogan
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Saying, I'm just a farmer like you
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I'm just a farmer like you
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I wear the same broke -ass shoes
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The kids sing the parody blues
Singin' I'm just a farmer
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like you
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He kept his farm down
in Menlo County
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Where each year he'd have a big sale
And the oilmen and the bankers
and the big road contractors
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Would be there come rain or come hail
And everyone knew that
they paid more money
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For cow than the meat packers do
When it was the right time,
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he'd make the headline
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Sayin' I'm just a farmer like you
It's been a long time
since Ted got elected
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The farmers have had a long wait
Me, I'm still mortgaged up to my neck
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And old Teddy owns half of the state
They say he's retiring
Some new guys aspiring
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He's just an old poor boy too
And he's leading the strikers
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It's driving their tractors
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Singing, I'm just a farmer like you
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I'm just a farmer like you
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I wear the same Rogan shoes
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It sang the parity blues, singing
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I'm just a bummer like you.
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I'm just a bummer like you,
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I wear the same broken shoe.
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It sang the parity blues, singing
I'm just a bummer like you.