IntroC E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------0-0/2-2/4/2-000-0--------0-0/2-2/4/2-0----------------0-0/2-2/4/2-000-0-| D|---0h2----------------2---0h1h2---------------2-0-0h2--0h1h2----------------2--| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Am E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------1-1/0------1--------------------------------------------------| G|---------0-------2----2/0--0/2-------------------------------------------------| D|---0-0/2---2-0---2----------2--------------------------------------------------| A|-3-------------3-0-------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Verso 1:
Am C Well he came from Northern Ireland Am C Searching for the free man's ground Am C And he came to bet his fortune G Am On a West Virginia plowAm E|-------------------------| B|-----------------------1-| G|-----------------------2-| D|---0-0/2---2-0---------2-| A|-3-------------3-0---0-0-| E|-------------------3-----|Verso 2:
Am C He built a house of timber Am C And raised a redhead son Am C Then they worked the land together G Am And prayed the rain would comeF C There's a scarecrow in the garden G Am That looks like Lucifer F Am And I've been reading Revelations G Am With my bare feet in the riverC E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------0-0/2-2/4/2-000-0--------0-0/2-2/4/2-0---------------0-0/2-2/4/2-000-0-| D|---0h2----------------2---0h1h2--------------2-0-0h2--0h1h2----------------2--| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Am E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------1------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------0-------2------------------------------------------------------------| D|---0-0/2---2-0---2------------------------------------------------------------| A|-3-------------3-0------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|Verso 3:
Am C Well the redhead's son got older Am C And took a brown eyed wife Am C And the fields were green as dollars G Am Cause the dirt was black as nightAm E|-------------| B|-----1-0-----| G|---2-----0/2-| D|-2-----------| A|-------------| E|-------------|Verso 4:
Am C I came in late September Am C The youngest one of three Am C And my sisters off and married G Am So the land was left to meF C There's a scarecrow in the garden G Am That looks like Lucifer F Am And I've been reading Revelations G Am With my bare feet in the riverVerso 5:
G I know every single fencepost F Am Every rock that goes around G I've been staring at the red oak F Am Where I know they'll lay me downVerso 6:
Am C The fields ain't what they once were Am C The rains just seem to flood Am C And I've been thinking about that river G Am Wondering how it turned to blood Am C I've been sitting here all morning Am C I was sitting here all night Am C There's a bible in my left hand G Am And a pistol in my right