Scarecrow In The Garden Chords by Chris Stapleton

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_ _ _ _ Well, he came from [E] Northern Ireland, [C#m] searching for the free [E] man's ground.
And [C#m] he came to bet [E] his fortune _ [B] on a West [C#m] Virginia plow.
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_ [C#m] _ _ _ _ He built a [E] house of timber _ [C#m] and raised a red [E] sun.
_ [C#m] Then they worked the [E] land together _ [B] and prayed the [C#m] rain would come. _ _ _
_ [A] There's a _ scarecrow [E] in the garden, _ [B] who looks like _ [C#m] Lucifer.
_ [A] I've been reading _ [C#m] Revelation _ [B] with my bare feet [C#m] and dirt.
Well, _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ the red sun [E] got older [C#m] and took the brown [E]-eyed white.
_ [C#m] And the fields were green [E] as dollars, _ [B] because the dirt was black [F#] as [C#m] night. _ _ _ _
_ I came in late [E] September, _ [C#m] the youngest [E] one of three.
And [C#m] my sister's off [E] and married, _ [B] so the land was [C#m] left to me.
_ _ _ _ [A] There's a scarecrow in [E] the garden, _ [B] who looks like _ [C#m] Lucifer.
_ I've been reading _ Revelation _ [B] with my bare feet and dirt.
[C#m] I _ _ _ _ [B] know every single fence post, [A] every rock to go [C#m] around.
_ [B] I've been staring _ at the red oak, where [A] I know they'll [C#m] lay me down.
_ _ _ _ _ The fields ain't [E] what they once were.
_ [C#m] The rains just [E] seem to flood.
_ And I've [C#m] been thinking [E] about that river, _ [B] wondering how it turns [C#m] to blood. _ _ _
_ _ I've been sitting here all morning.
_ I was sitting here [E] all night.
[C#m] There's a Bible [E] in my left hand [B] and a pistol [C#m] in my right. _ _ _ _ _
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