[Intro]
Am D G
[Verse]
C
The sun comes over the top of the hill
D G
Shines on the fields I've yet to till
C G/B Am
My bones are weary, but I know I will
G C D
And not just because you ask it
[Verse]
Em C
Rake and hoe hung on twenty-penny nails
D G
Milk lies sweet in a dozen pails
C G/B Am
Hay piled up in a hundred bales
D G Am D
And apples in the basket
[Verse]
G C
A house that's tight to the wind and snow
D G C
A barn that's full of the things we grow
G/B Am
Empty purse, but I don't owe
G C D
A thing to any man living
[Verse]
Em C
A woman warm, a woman kind
D G
A woman who knows her own sweet mind
C G/B Am
A woman who knows just what's behind
D G Am D
The things that she's forgiven
[Verse]
G C
There's branches on the family tree
D G
There's a boy, a girl and a baby's three
C G/B Am
They look like her, they look like me
G C D
Like folks that's dead and gone now
[Verse]
Em C
But I don't care, we're all the same
D G
There's none to bless and none to blame
C G/B Am
We're doing it in the family's name
D G Am D
The work we carry on now
[Verse]
G C
The old grey goose is on the wing
D G
But he'll be back again next spring
C G/B Am
Each year we do the same old thing
G C D
And the same old wheel goes spinning
[Verse]
Em C
When the air is warm and the earth is sweet
D G
And the good clean dirt is on our feet
C G/B Am
The circle comes around complete
D G Am D
And the end is the beginning
[Verse]
G C
The sun comes over the top of the hill
D G
Shines on the fields I've yet to till
C G/B Am
My bones are weary, but I know I will
G C D
And not just because you ask it
[Verse]
Em C
Rake and hoe hung on twenty-penny nails
D G
Milk lies sweet in a dozen pails
C G/B Am
Hay piled up in a hundred bales
D G Am D G
And apples in the basket