intro Em C Em C Em C Em C Em Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire C Asus4 Em C laid by the father for the son. Em C Em C Em C Good shelter down there on the valley floor, C Asus4 Em C Em down by where the sweet stream run. C D Asus4 Now they might give me compensation... Em D Em That's not what I'm chasing. F C Em I was a rich man before yesterday. C Em C Now all I have got is a cheque and a pickup truck. C Asus4 Em C Em C I left my farm on the freeway. Em C Em C Em They're busy building airports on the south side... C Asus4 Em C Silicon chip factory on the east. Em C Em C Em C And the big road's pushing through along the valley floor. C Asus4 Em C Em Hot machine pouring six lanes at the very least. C D Asus4 Now they might give me compensation... Em D Em That's not what I'm chasing. F C Em I was a rich man before yesterday. C Em C Now all I have left is a broken-down pickup truck. C Asus4 Em C Em C Looks like my farm is a freeway. Em C Em C Em They forgot they told us what this old land was for. C Asus4 Em C Grow two tons the acre, boy, between the stones. Em C Em C Em C This was no Southfork, it was no Ponderosa. C Asus4 Em C Em But it was the place that I called home. C D Asus4 Now they might give me compensation... Em D Em That's not what I'm chasing. F C Em I was a rich man before yesterday. C Em C And what do I want with a million dollars and a pickup truck? C Asus4 Em C Em C When I left my farm under the freeway.