Pastures Of Plenty chords by Eliza Gilkyson

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: E minorEm

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm

Verse 1:
G+G
It's a mighty hard row
    D MajorD   E minorEm
My poor hands have hoed
G+G
My poor feet have traveled
   D MajorD   E minorEm
A augmentedA hot dusty road

Verse 2:
G+G
Out of your Dust Bowl
       D MajorD E minorEm
And westward we rolled
G+G
Your deserts were hot
     D MajorD     E minorEm
Your mountains were cold

Verse 3:
G+G
I worked in your orchards
  D MajorD      E minorEm
Of peaches and prunes
G+G
Slept on the ground
       D MajorD    E minorEm
By the light of your moon

Verse 4:
G+G
On the edge of your city
       D MajorD  E minorEm
You'll see us and then
G+G
We come with the dust
      D MajorD    E minorEm
We're gone with the wind

Verse 5:
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California and Arizona,
    D MajorD    E minorEm
I made all your crops
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And its north up to Oregon
      D MajorD  E minorEm
To harvest your hops

Verse 6:
G+G
Dig the beets from your ground,
        D MajorD     E minorEm
Pick the grapes from your vine
G+G
To set on your table
      D MajorD     E minorEm
Your light sparkling wine

Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm G+G D MajorD E minorEm

Verse 7:
G+G
It's green pastures of plenty
     D MajorD   E minorEm
From dry desert ground
G+G
From the Grand Coulee Dam
         D MajorD  E minorEm
Where the waters run down

Verse 8:
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Every state in this Union
      D MajorD  E minorEm
Us migrants have been
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We'll work in this fight
        D MajorD    E minorEm
And we'll fight till we win

Verse 9:
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And it's always we ramble
    D MajorD    E minorEm
This river and I
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All along your green valley,
      D MajorD   E minorEm
I will work till I die

Verse 10:
G+G
And this land I'll defend
       D MajorD    E minorEm
With my life if need be
G+G
'Cause my pastures of plenty
    D MajorD   E minorEm
Must always be free