Dirt

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[Verse 1]
      C                  F         C
Well, I woulda bought my grandpa's farm
                     G            C
But I couldn't raise quite enough cash
                            F      C
Now they're cuttin' all the timber down
                G       C
Turnin' all the rest to ash


[Verse 2]
  C                    F     C
A company came in from outta state
                             G    C
To building another stinkin' factory
                            F          C
And them county politicians think they know
             G       C
Just exactly what we need


[Chorus]
      F               C
But I sit down by the highway
  G                   C
I hear those big cats growl
F                      C
 Where the quail gonna fly to?

Where will the rabbits run now?
F                    C
 I watch 'em tearin' all to hell
G               C
  Used to be my church
F              C
 Tearin' up my grandpa's land
                              F         C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt


[Verse 3]
  C                   F        C
A few more jobs and a lot less trees
                      G          C
Gonna put this county in the rat race
                     F       C
Like that's where we want to be
                       G        C
This used to be such a peaceful place


[Verse 4]
            C                 F        C
And they'll tell us that they don't pollute
                                    G         C
This shit they dump in the river is perfectly safe
                        F          C
But all the talk in the whole wide world
                            G            C
Could never bring back what they laid to waste


[Chorus]
  F               C
I sit down by the highway
  G                   C
I hear those big cats growl
F                      C
 Where the quail gonna fly to?

Where will the rabbits run now?
F                    C
 I watch 'em tearin' all to hell what
G               C
  Used to be my church
F              C
 Tearin' up my grandpa's land
                              F         C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt


[Instrumental]
C    F  C
C    G  C
C


[Verse 5]
           C           F         C
There's an ancient oak standin' alone
                           G        C
Tryin' to do the work of a thousand trees
                             F           C
Been here since the Cherokee called this home
                                 G     C
But it's standin' in the way of a factory


[Chorus]
  F               C
I sit down by the highway
  G                   C
I hear those big cats growl
F                      C
 Where the quail gonna fly to?

Where will the rabbits run now?
F                    C
 I watch 'em tearin' all to hell what
G               C
  Used to be my church
F              C
 Tearin' up my grandpa's land
                              F         C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt
                              F         C
They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt