Sixty Acres chords by
James Mcmurtry

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Key: A minor•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Turned off the TV,

sat down to dinner

Phone rang, we were saying grace

Grandma died left us sixty acres

Interlude 1

The last of the old home place

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Verse 2

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Sixty acres up on the cap rock

What am I supposed to do with that

Uncle Claude got a eight wheeled tractor

Plow it under in nothing flat

Verse 3
Dm Dm 
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We could plant some maize,
we could plant some cotton
We could plant some oats just
to see if they'd grow
But I don't like farming,
can't take the hours
Am Am 
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Don't like a life that goes so slow

Verse 4
Am Am 
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Glory glory, Hallelujah
G G 
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Right back atcha, hope that'll do ya
Am Am 
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Don't look at me like there's something
C C 
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G G 
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I shouldn't have said
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Just 'cause that old bird's

Interlude 2

dead

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Verse 5
Am Am 
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G G 
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Glory glory, Hallelujah
Wish you'll do this, hope that'll do ya
Am Am 
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Don't look at me like there's something
C C 
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G G 
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I shouldn't have said
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Just 'cause that old bird's dead

Verse 6
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Now, cousin Clifford,
he got the good land
Right on the highway out
by Air Base road
Looks like a Wal- Mart waiting to happen
I mean to tell you it's a pot of gold

Verse 7
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It's in the city limits and
zoned commercial
City water and a sewer line
With the base expanding, consolidation
It's worth a fortune and it
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oughta been mine

Verse 8
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Glory glory, Hallelujah
Right back atcha, don't she look natural?
Am Am 
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Don't look at me like there's something
C C 
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G G 
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growing out of my head
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Just 'cause that old bird's dead