In The Ground

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In the ground, Not many years ago
  D                  A         
A belly full they'd grow, In the 
   E
ground
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In the ground, As long as they 
   A
were able
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They planned for the table,  In 
    A
the ground

[Verse 2]
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In the ground, Like their parents
       A
 did before
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Blood and sweat they poured, In 
     E
the ground
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In the ground, That they held to 
          A
as their own
D                       E        
They worked and made a home, In 
     A
the ground

[Chorus]
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In ground like no other, With help
                A
 from nature's mother
They fed this country's cities and 
      E
its towns
But in long, slow surrender, With 
D                A
profits getting slender
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The family farm now often can be 
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found
Beneath what some call progress, In 
     A
the ground

[Verse 3]
  A                   D           
In the ground, They lived a 
     A
straight line
     D                 A          
But they've run out of time, In 
   E
the ground
        A            D          
In the ground, That dream will be 
   A
gone
       D                 E        
And it feels so damned wrong, In 
     A
the ground

[Chorus]
   E                           D  
In ground like no other, With help
                 A
 from nature's mother
They fed this country's cities and 
      E
its towns
But in long, slow surrender, With 
D                A
profits getting slender
The family farm now often can be 
E
found
Beneath what some call progress, In 
     A
the ground

[Verse 4]
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In the ground, We turn it over 
   A
once more
        D         A            E
And a casket we lower, In the ground
        A          D        A
In the ground, My hero gone home
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I cry o'er his bones, In the ground

[Chorus]
  E                           D   
In ground like no other, With help
                A
 from nature's mother
They fed this country's cities and 
      E
its towns
But in long, slow surrender, With 
D                A
profits getting slender
The family farm now often can be 
E
found
Beneath what some call progress, In 
     A
the ground