Plow Under chords by Pete Seeger

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Intro 1

Verse 1

Remember when the AAA

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Killed a million hogs a day

Instead of hogs it's men today

Plow the fourth one under.

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Verse 2

Plow under, plow under

Plow under

Every fourth American boy.

Verse 3

They said our agricultural

System was about to fall

From Washington they sent a call

Plow the fourth one under.

Verse 4

Plow under, plow under

Plow under

Every fourth American boy.

Verse 5

The price of cotton wouldn't rise

They said, ""We've got to fertilize""

So now on us they turn their eyes

Plow the fourth one under.

Verse 6

Plow under, plow under

Plow under

Every fourth American boy.

Verse 7

They said our system wouldn't work

Until we killed the surplus off

So now they look at us and say

Plow the fourth one under.

Verse 8

Plow under, plow under

Plow under

Every fourth American boy.

Verse 9

Any ignorant mule does know

Better than to step on a cotton row

But there ain't no mules in Congress, so

Plow the fourth one under.

Verse 10

Plow under, plow under

Plow under

Every fourth American boy.

Verse 11

Now the politicians rant

A boy's no better than a cotton plant

But we are here to say you can't

Plow the fourth one under.

Verse 12
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Every fourth American boy.
(Now, don't you...) Plow under,
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Every fourth American boy.