Tom: F#
F# B F# B
[Verse 1]
F# B F#
I’m a slave to the south there’s a curse on this house
F# B F#
I’ve been dying to leave but I just can’t get out
F# B F#
I’ve always been drawn to one wooden shack
F# B F#
And a man with the weight of the world on his back
[Verse 2]
F# B F#
I’ve got dust on my boots, I’ve got tears in my eyes
F# B F#
And I'll work in these fields for the rest of my life
F# B F#
Like my father before me who worked every day
F# B F#
And I’ll be damned if I let someone take that from me
[Chorus]
G#m
Well a life full of riches means nothing to me
B
With a heart full of joy there that no one can see
A#m
And a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free
C#
And somebody there who’s still waiting for me
[Bridge]
A#m C# F#
And I know of a place that gets slow when it rains
A#m C# F#
With a sky that’s as blue as the blood in my veins
A#m C# F#
And a burnt cigarette sits on some window pane
A#m C# F#
With the loud laughs and thunder in a slow Southern state
[Break]
G#m B C# G#m B
[Verse 3]
F# B F#
I’ve been raising my hands, I’ve been praying for rain
F# B F#
And I screamed at them skies but the drops never came
F# B F#
Well with sun on my face and with god on my side
F# B F#
Who will I blame if those crops, they don’t rise
[Verse 4]
F# B F#
Well I always hoped life wouldn’t end up like this
F# B F#
With a well that’s gone dry and a cross in my fist
F# B F#
Well if my hair has gone gray and its rains still ain’t came
F# B F#
Well then well wade in that river, let it take us away
[Chorus]
G#m
Well a life full of riches means nothing to me
B
With a heart full of joy there that no one can see
A#m
And a poor hungry heart that still wants to be free
C#
And somebody there who’s still waiting for me
A#m C# F#
And I know of a place that gets slow when it rains
A#m C# F#
With a sky that’s as blue as the blood in my veins
A#m C# F#
And a burnt cigarette sits on some window pane
A#m C# F#
With the loud laughs and thunder in a slow Southern state
