Tom: A
A D A
In the ground, Not many years ago
D A E
A belly full they'd grow, In the ground
A D A
In the ground, As long as they were able
D E A
They planned for the table, In the ground
[Verse 2]
A D A
In the ground, Like their parents did before
D A E
Blood and sweat they poured, In the ground
A D A
In the ground, That they held to as their own
D E A
They worked and made a home, In the ground
[Chorus]
E D A
In ground like no other, With help from nature's mother
E
They fed this country's cities and its towns
D A
But in long, slow surrender, With profits getting slender
E
The family farm now often can be found
A
Beneath what some call progress, In the ground
[Verse 3]
A D A
In the ground, They lived a straight line
D A E
But they've run out of time, In the ground
A D A
In the ground, That dream will be gone
D E A
And it feels so damned wrong, In the ground
[Chorus]
E D A
In ground like no other, With help from nature's mother
E
They fed this country's cities and its towns
D A
But in long, slow surrender, With profits getting slender
E
The family farm now often can be found
A
Beneath what some call progress, In the ground
[Verse 4]
A D A
In the ground, We turn it over once more
D A E
And a casket we lower, In the ground
A D A
In the ground, My hero gone home
D E A
I cry o'er his bones, In the ground
[Chorus]
E D A
In ground like no other, With help from nature's mother
E
They fed this country's cities and its towns
D A
But in long, slow surrender, With profits getting slender
E
The family farm now often can be found
A
Beneath what some call progress, In the ground
