Chords for Isla Grant - The Farmers Prayer

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_ The water holes are [G] drying up _ [D] All around the earth is [A] parched and brown
_ [D] The farmers go to [G] bed each night [D] And pray that they [A] can pay their [D] bills in
time _ [G] _ Paddled graze [D] beside the road
Their bodies slowly [A] waste away [D] Oh Lord, please hear the [G] farmers' prayer
[D] And please [A] won't you send them [D] rain today _ _ [G] Lord, I know [D] you're busy
_ You have a lot of [A] things to do [D] If things were better [G] here for us, Lord
[D] You know [A] that I would not [D] bother you [G] But stock and crops are dying, [D]
Lord
Our work, it seems, [A] is all in vain [D] On bended knee I [G] ask you, please
[D] _ Help us, Lord, please send us rain
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_ _ [G] _ Farms are going [D] up for sale All across this [A] wonderful land
[D] And we don't want to [G] lose our home [D] I'm [A] hoping, Lord, you [D] understand
_ [G] That without rain the [D] crops will die The earth will slowly [A] turn to clay
[D] Oh Lord, please hear the farmers' prayer _ Give [A] us hope, send [D] rain today
_ _ [G] Lord, I know [D] you're busy _ You have a lot of [A] things to do
_ [D] If things were better here for us, Lord You know that [A] I would not [D] bother you
_ [G] But stock and crops are [D] dying, Lord _ Our work, it seems, is [A] all in vain
[D] On bended knee I [G] ask you, please _ [D] Help [A] us, Lord, please [D] send us rain
It seems our work is [G] all in vain _ [D] Help [A] us, Lord, please [D] send us rain
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