The Good Earth chords by Johnny Cash

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Verse 1
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The good earth swallows up the
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seed and swallows life as well
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From long before the day you're
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born till heaven comes or hell
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It binds your hands with chains of
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clay that are so hard to break
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But when I left good earth behind
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I made a big mistake
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Verse 2
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I've traveled far and traveled wide
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I've seen a lot of things
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But looking back on all the years
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I don't know what they mean
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Like steel I'm probably stronger
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From going through the fire
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I kept on climbin' lower
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Diggin' deeper to get higher
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Verse 3
I turned around one evening
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when the sun was going down
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I heard the Bible told a preacher who
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just pulled into town
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At last I'm back on good earth where
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I should have always been
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Lord forgive me if I ever try to
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leave good earth again
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Verse 4
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Well the good earth was my
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mama and my daddy too
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Now I'm working my hands in
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soil tryin' to pay my due
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And  when I'll breathe my last
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breath which may not be too long
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Just shovel a little good
earth over my head
'Til everybody open up the hymn
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book and sing a happy song
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Verse 5
Shall we gather at the river
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in the sweet by and by
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Just as I am Jesus loves me one
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of these days I'll fly
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I'm standing on the promises
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Lord build the place for me
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In the good earth over Jordan by the Sea
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of Galilee mhm