Chords for Murray McLauchlan - The Farmer's Song

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_ _ [F] If you're a songwriter [G] and you _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ get something played on the radio, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you're a [N] very lucky person indeed. _ _ _
If you get something played on the radio and it's successful, well, you're [G] exponentially luckier.
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But if you get something that people take into their [D] hearts in such a [Ab] way that it becomes something [G] like part of the folk music of the country [D] you live in,
you're [G] way off the scale _ as far as luck is concerned. _ _ _
_ So I've lost track of how many [Dm]
times some old guy [N] with calloused hands has walked up and wanted to shake my hand for writing this song,
or _ _ their son or their daughter has come up, or their grandchildren have come up and thanked me on behalf of their pop or [G] their grandpa. _ _ _
[D] And I've always _ been [G] grateful for that, but I've always been clear to point out that [Dm] I wrote this song [G] to thank you.
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And that's a great and [C] powerful message, because oftentimes [Ab] people aren't [B] appreciated for the things they do and the [G] contributions that they make. _ _
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[A] So I hope you enjoy this.
Thanks very much for coming [Ebm] today.
It's been a real pleasure [G] playing music. _ _
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Dusty old farm, out working your field, hanging [A] down over your [D] tractor wheel. _ _ _ _
[Am] The sun [D] beating down [Am] turned the red paint [D] to orange and [Am] rusty [D] old patches [C] of steel.
_ [G] _ _ There's no farmer songs on the car radio, _ just cowboys, truck drivers [C] and pain. _ _ _
Well this [D] is my way to say [G] thanks for the [Em] meal, and [Am] I hope there's no [D] shortage of [G] rain. _ _ _
The straw [D] hat and old dirty [G] _ hanky, _ _ _ mopping [Em] her face like [Am] a shoe.
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[A] Thanks for [D] the meal, here's [Am] a song that [D] is real, [Am] from a kid [D] from the city [G] to you. _ _ _ _
Straw hat and old dirty hanky, _ _ _ mopping [Em] her face like [Am] a shoe.
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[Am] Thanks [D] for the meal, [Am] here's a song that [D] is real, [Am] from a kid [D] from the city [G] to you. _ _ _
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Though the banks are full closing, the crops gone dry, _ things just ain't like they [D] used to be. _ _ _
[Am] Though your [C] kids, [D] they're out chasing that [Am] American [D] dream, _ [Am] and they're working [D] in big _
[G] factories. _ _ _ _
_ If I come by, when you're out in the sun, _ can't I wave at you, just [C] like a friend? _ _ _ _
These days [D] when _ [G] everyone's taking so [E] much, [Am] there's somebody [D] giving [G]
back in. _ _ _
Straw [D] hat and old [G] dirty hanky, _ _ _ mopping [Em] her face like [Am] a shoe.
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[Am] Thanks for [D] the meal, here's [A] a song that [D] is real, [Am] from a kid from [D] the city to [G] you. _ _ _ _ _
Straw hat and old dirty _ _ hanky, _ mopping [Em] her face like [A] a [Am] shoe.
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[Am] Thanks for [D] the meal, here's [Am] a song that [D] is real, [Am] from a kid from [D] the city to you. _ _ _ _
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