Key: A major
Verse 1
G
C
G
C
G
There's a dead
stillness around the place
C
Like the calm that falls in a
G
twister's wake
C
G
D
C
Precious memories abound
D
C
Of loved ones lying in family graves
G
C
and working fields all turned to waste
G
In this old weathered house
D
G
that's fallen down
C
G
This farm took everything you had.
C
I watched it come between you and dad.
G
D
All he left behind was you and me.
C
The day he came to understand
G
C
that life don't care much about our plans
G
He moved on like a leaf
D
G
blown from a tree
Bm
I've stood with you as
C
D
long as I can stand
G
And it tears me all apart
C
G
C
Mama, it breaks my heart
D
G
C
G
to be leaving this land
Bm
C
The wolves are howling at our door
G
Am
We can't hold them back anymore
D
G
Dreams are lost, they can't be found
C
In this old house, in this tired ground
G
C
Hand in me,
G
D
the deed won't set you free
C
It's time for us to turn the page
G
C
Shown the sorrows of this sorry age
G
It's time to leave behind
D
G
this lone prairie
Bm
I've stood with you as
C
D
long as I can stand
G
And it tears me all apart
C
G
C
Mama, it breaks my heart
D
G
to be leaving this land
And it tears me all apart
C
G
C
Oh Mama, it breaks my heart
D
G
to be leaving this land
C
You
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