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Capo on 7th fret.
You can figure out the picking its not that hard, but it sounds just fine strumming the chords.
G C G D
Take em away Take em away Lord, Take away these chains from me.
G C G D
My heart is broken cause my spirits not free, Lord take away these chains
G
from me.
G C G
Some bird feathers are too bright to be caged, I know i'm not that
D
colorful, but a bird just the same.
G C G
Open up your gate now let me put down my load, so i can feel at ease and
D G
go back to my home.
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G C G
Sun beatin' down my legs cant seem to stand, theres a boss man at a turnrow
D
with a rifle in his hand.
G C G
I've got nine children, nothin' in the pan. My wife she died hungry while i
D G
was plowin' land.
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G C G
Cant see when i go to work, cant see when i get off. How do you expect a man
D
not to get lost.
G C G
Every year i just keep getting deeper in debt, if theres a happy day Lord
D G
I havent seen one yet.
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G C G
Land that i love is the land that i'm workin', but its hard to love it all
D
the time when your back is a hurtin'.
G C G D
Gettin' too old now to push this here plow, let me lay down so i can look at
G
the clouds.
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G C G
The land that i know is where to rivers collide, the Brazos, the Navaso and
D G
the big blue sky.
G C
Flood plains, freight trains, watermelon vines
G D G
Of any place on God’s green earth, this is where I choose to die
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