Pastures Of Plenty chords by Eliza Gilkyson

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Em

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
Em G D Em

Verse 1:
G
It's a mighty hard row
        D     Em
My poor hands have hoed
G
My poor feet have traveled
      D     Em
A hot dusty road

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

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

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

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

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

Instrumental:
Em G D Em G D Em D G D Em G D Em

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

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

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

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