Lower Forty
Lower Forty

Lower Forty easy guitar chords by Burl Ives

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    • Verse 1
    40 
    acres 
    of 
    ground, 

    everybody 
    around 
    grows 
    lower 
    40 

    You 
    can 
    always 
    make 
    a 
    couple 
    bales 

    to 
    the 
    acre 
    on 
    lower 
    40 

    The 
    cotton 
    grows 
    tall 
    and 

    the 
    grass 
    does 
    too 

    The 
    work 
    is 
    hard 
    and 
    the 
    profits 
    are 
    few 

    To 
    pay 
    the 
    taxes 
    when 
    they 
    come 
    due 

    Down 
    on 
    Lower 
    40 

    The 
    Internal 
    Revenue 
    said 

    the 
    tax 
    was 
    overdue 

    On 
    Lower 
    40 

    We 
    would 
    have 
    to 
    pay 
    or 
    else 
    move 
    away 

    From 
    Lower 
    40 

    They 
    said 
    it 
    was 
    a 
    part 
    of 

    a 
    nationwide 
    plan 

    They 
    were 
    gonna 
    send 
    a 
    revenue 
    man 

    to 
    get 
    the 
    money 

    Or 
    get 
    that 
    land 
    called 
    Lower 
    40 

    The 
    tax 
    man 
    came 
    just 
    after 

    the 
    rain 
    to 
    Lower 
    40 

    Pa 
    said 
    he'd 
    shoot 

    if 
    he put 
    one 
    boot 
    on 
    Lower 
    40 

    He 
    said 
    this 
    land 
    belongs 
    to 
    me, 

    I 
    pay 
    for 
    it 
    once 
    and 
    the 
    title 
    is 
    free 

    If 
    you 
    don't 
    leave 
    it, 

    then there's 
    gonna 
    be 

    trouble 
    on 
    Lower 
    Forty 

    The 
    tax 
    man 
    frowned 
    and 
    put 
    his 

    boot 
    down 
    on 
    Lower 
    Forty 

    Pa 
    started 
    shootin' 

    but 
    he 
    didn't 
    hit 
    nothin' 
    but 
    Lower 
    40 

    The 
    sheriff 
    came, 
    took 
    him 
    away 

    Now 
    we've 
    got 
    the 
    tax 

    and 
    he's 
    bailed 
    the 
    pay 

    We 
    had 
    to 
    do 
    it, 
    there's 
    no 
    other 
    way 

    But 
    mortgage 
    old 
    Lower 
    40 

    Forty 
    acres 
    of 
    ground, 

    everybody 
    around 
    calls 
    Lower 
    Forty 

    You 
    can 
    always 
    make 
    a 
    couple 
    bales 

    to 
    the 
    acre 
    on 
    Lower 
    Forty 

    The 
    cotton 
    grows 
    tall 
    but 

    the 
    grass 
    does 
    too 

    The 
    work 
    is 
    hard 
    and 
    the 
    profits 
    are 
    few 

    To 
    pay 
    the 
    mortgage 
    when 
    it 
    comes 
    due 

    Outro 1
    Down 
    on 
    Lower 
    40 


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