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