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[Prelude]
E
Blow up your TV, throw away your paper
           B 
Go to the country
               E
and build your home
               E 
Plant a little garden
             E 
Eat a lot of peaches
             B          E 
Try and find  Jesus all on your own.

[Pickup]
E

[Verse 1]
D
Few days before he turned 80
A
He was sitting out back in a rocker
G
He said "what you been up to lately?"

I told him chasin' dollar
D
And in between sips of coffee
A
He poured this wisdom out
G                               N.C.
Said if you want my two cents on making a dollar count


[Chorus]
      D
Buy dirt
                                A
Find the one you can't live without
                                   Bm
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
                              G
Do what you love but call it work
                                            D
And throw a little money in the plate at church
                                          A
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
                                 Bm
Add a few limbs to your family tree
                                   G
Watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard

All grow up
D
'Cause the truth about it is
A
It all goes by real quick
Bm                      G
And You can't buy happi-ness
                D
But you can buy dirt


[Verse 2]
D
Before you get caught on that ladder
A
Let me tell you what it's all about
G
Find you a few things that matter

That you can put a fence around
  N.C.
And then he laid it out


[Chorus]
    D
Buy dirt
                                A
Find the one you can't live without
                                  Bm
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
                             G
Do what you love but call it work
                                            D
And throw a little money in the plate at church
                                         A
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
                                 Bm
Add a few limbs to your family tree
                                       G
And watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard

All grow up
D                         A
'Cause the truth about it is

It all goes by real quick
Bm                  G
You can't buy happi-ness
                Bm     A
But you can buy dirt
            G       D
You can buy dirt

[Bridge]
A
And thank the good Lord for it
         N.C.
'Cause He ain't makin' any more of it

[Chorus]
      D
Buy dirt
                                A
Find the one you can't live without
                                   Bm
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
                              G
Do what you love but call it work
                                            D
And throw a little money in the plate at church
                                          A
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
                                 Bm
Add a few limbs to your family tree
                                   G
Watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard

All grow up
D
'Cause the truth about it is
A
It all goes by real quick
Bm                      G
And you can't buy happi-ness
                D
But you can buy dirt