Tom: D
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[Prelude]
E
Blow up your TV, throw away your paper
B
Go to the country
E
and build your home
E
Plant a little garden
E
Eat a lot of peaches
B E
Try and find Jesus all on your own.
[Pickup]
E
[Verse 1]
D
Few days before he turned 80
A
He was sitting out back in a rocker
G
He said "what you been up to lately?"
I told him chasin' dollar
D
And in between sips of coffee
A
He poured this wisdom out
G N.C.
Said if you want my two cents on making a dollar count
[Chorus]
D
Buy dirt
A
Find the one you can't live without
Bm
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
G
Do what you love but call it work
D
And throw a little money in the plate at church
A
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
Bm
Add a few limbs to your family tree
G
Watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard
All grow up
D
'Cause the truth about it is
A
It all goes by real quick
Bm G
And You can't buy happi-ness
D
But you can buy dirt
[Verse 2]
D
Before you get caught on that ladder
A
Let me tell you what it's all about
G
Find you a few things that matter
That you can put a fence around
N.C.
And then he laid it out
[Chorus]
D
Buy dirt
A
Find the one you can't live without
Bm
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
G
Do what you love but call it work
D
And throw a little money in the plate at church
A
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
Bm
Add a few limbs to your family tree
G
And watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard
All grow up
D A
'Cause the truth about it is
It all goes by real quick
Bm G
You can't buy happi-ness
Bm A
But you can buy dirt
G D
You can buy dirt
[Bridge]
A
And thank the good Lord for it
N.C.
'Cause He ain't makin' any more of it
[Chorus]
D
Buy dirt
A
Find the one you can't live without
Bm
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
G
Do what you love but call it work
D
And throw a little money in the plate at church
A
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
Bm
Add a few limbs to your family tree
G
Watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard
All grow up
D
'Cause the truth about it is
A
It all goes by real quick
Bm G
And you can't buy happi-ness
D
But you can buy dirt
