S Lazy H chords by Corb Lund

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

8 Verses, no chorus, two instrumental breaks.

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       G+G               C majorC        G+G
Well I was born in this valley, on this ranch, I was raised

        G+G               A minorAm    D MajorD
I learned to lope, rope and dally, on the S lazy H

      G+G               C majorC       G+G
Well the roots of my people, they run deep on this place

    G+G       B minorBm      C majorC   D MajorD  G+G
I am sixth generation on the S lazy H

     G+G               C majorC      G+G
When it came to the future, I never gave it a thought

        G+G                A minorAm       D MajorD
If there were broncs to be broken, endless steers to be caught

      G+G                C majorC       G+G
Well my youth, it was carefree, for the work was my play

       G+G           B minorBm       C majorC   D MajorD  G+G
And what I loved would always be there on the S lazy H


    G+G                C majorC       G+G
I had one beloved sister a few years younger than me

      G+G                      A minorAm       D MajorD
Before a sole cowboy had kissed her, she left for school in the East

      G+G                  C majorC       G+G
Me I might have gone to college, might have liked to fly planes

     G+G          B minorBm      C majorC   D MajorD  G+G
But my dad, he needed help to run the S lazy H


    G+G                    C majorC       G+G
So I worked there long-side him, put adult years in this place

    G+G                A minorAm       D MajorD
And I gained appreciation, for the lines on his face

      G+G                C majorC       G+G
And when mom had grown older, and when dad passed away

      G+G       B minorBm     C majorC   D MajorD  G+G
It fell to me to look after the S lazy H

Instrumental: G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G

       G+G                C majorC       G+G
By now my sister she had married a sharp attorney back East

        G+G                 A minorAm       D MajorD
We didn’t see eye to eye much, but I did my best to make peace

        G+G                    C majorC       G+G
What did they see when they looked over, over the fence one fine day

       G+G       B minorBm       C majorC   D MajorD  G+G
They saw a whole lot of value in the S lazy H


       G+G              C majorC          G+G
So after thought and assessment, the court awarded them half

     G+G              A minorAm        D MajorD
And no cow-calf operation carries that kind of cash

      G+G                    C majorC      G+G
Well I worked through the numbers, worked them every which way

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Yeah I went through the numbers, oh and boys I’m afraid

      G+G        B minorBm       C majorC   D MajorD  G+G
I had to sell twenty sections of the S lazy H


       G+G                C majorC        G+G
Sometimes right isn’t equal, sometimes equal’s not fair

       G+G                A minorAm       D MajorD
There will soon be rows of houses on that ridge over there

     G+G             C majorC     G+G
Many lifetimes of labor will be all but erased

      G+G        B minorBm           C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
So shed a tear and look skyward, God help the S lazy H


Instrumental: G+G C majorC A minorAm G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G

        G+G               C majorC      G+G
The last few years were a struggle, but I gave it my best

     G+G              A minorAm        D MajorD
And I tried to go forward on the land that was left

      G+G                C majorC        G+G
I have lived with the sorrow and I will die with the shame

       G+G          B minorBm      C majorC  D MajorD   G+G
For now the bank owns what’s left of the S lazy H