Old Settler's Song chords by Pete Seeger

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Verse 1
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I've traveled all over this country,
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prospecting and digging for gold.
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I've tunneled, hydraulic, and cradled,
and I have been frequently sold.
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And I have been frequently sold,
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and I have been frequently
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sold.
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For one that gets riches by mining,
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perceiving that hundreds grow poor,
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I made up my mind to try farming,
the only pursuit that is sure.
The only pursuit that is sure.
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The only pursuit that is sure.
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I made up my mind to try farming,
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the only pursuit that is sure.
So rolling my grub in my blanket,
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I left all my tools on the ground.
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I started one morning to shank it
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For a country they call Puget Sound
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For a country they call Puget Sound
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For a  they call Puget Sound
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I started one morning to shank it
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For a  country they call Puget Sound
Arriving flat broke in midwinter
I found it enveloped in fog
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And covered all over with timber
Thickest hair on the back of a dog
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Thickest hair on the back of a   dog
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Thickest hair on the back of a dog
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And covered all over with timber
Thickest hair on the back of a dog
I staked out a claim in the forest
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And set myself down to hard toil soil.
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For two years, I chopped and I lagered,
but I never got down to the soil.
But I never got down to the soil.
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I never got down to the soil.
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For two years, I chopped and I lagered,
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but I never got down to the soil.
No longer the slave of ambition,
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I laugh at the world and it shams.
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I  think of my happy condition,
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surrounded by acres of clams.
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Surrounded by acres of clams.
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Surrounded by acres of clams.
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I think of my happy condition,
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surrounded by acres of clams.