Chords for Eric Andersen/Phil Ochs - Plains of Nebrasky-O

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_ Have you heard about a country [F#] where the rivers [B] run free?
That's [E] a place where [B] I think you ought [F#] to go
_ [E] Where the corn stands high
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Tall as the sky on the great plains [F#] of old Nebraska
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[B] _ _ _ _ _ In school I learned men who died by the gun [E] but not of [B] those who died [F#] by the hole
_ [E] The land has drunk the rain of [B] many a farmer's blood not forgotten [G#] and buried [B] long ago
_ And where are the hands that plowed fields without sleep?
[E] Hands that saved a [B] dying [F#] calf without rest?
_ [E] And where's the feet that walk [B] down hot dust trails on their way to [F#] seek their fortune [B] gone west?
_ And where are the fathers [F#] who died in [B] the dust and mothers who died hungry [F#] in the snow?
_ And [E] where's the kids that watch the [B] banks while the house is down?
Those are things I guess [F#] my teachers never know
So have you heard about a country where the rivers run free?
[E] That's a place where [B] I think you ought [F#] to go
[E] Where the corn stands high
[B] Tall as the sky on the great [F#] plains of old [B] Nebraska _
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_ _ _ _ Now you tell me droughts hurt only corn and not men
You smile [A#] and say hard times gone [F#] away
_ [E] I guess I should listen [B] to my city politician who keeps telling me [F#] that these are better [B] days
_ Is there anybody left [F#] to walk the [B] muddy mile?
Is [E] courage a [F#] word that's only said?
Is [E] it true them dusty days are [B] days that never really were?
But are only [F#] tales and books do [B] you read? _
So have you heard about a country [F#] where the rivers [B] run free?
[E] That's a place [B] where I think you ought [F#] to go
Where [E] the corn stands high
[B] Tall as the sky on the great [F#] plains of [B] old Nebraska
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