♫ Intro: F ♫ Verse 1: F Good, sweet earth Sleeves rolled up and hands buried in the dirt Bm I can see her there in one of dad's old shirts B F Showing me how life's supposed to work ♫ Verse 2: F Good straight lines
You need seed and sweat and soil and sweet sunshine Bm And once those roots take hold you'll be just fine ♫ Pre-Chorus: B It's a beautiful design Bm Cm B F It just takes love and faith and grace, a little time ♫ Chorus: F F/Gm We're all sons and daughters Bm B Just ripples on the water F F/Gm Tryna make it matter Bm B Until our time to leave F F/Gm One day they'll carve your name in stone Bm B Then send your soul on home F 'Til then it's praying for rain F/Gm B And pulling up the weeds F F Planting trees we'll never see ♫ Verse 3: F First day of spring The whole world’s waking up and turning green Bm And everything connects to everything ♫ Pre-Chorus: B It's a beautiful design Bm Cm B F It just takes love and faith and grace, a little time ♫ Chorus: F F/Gm We're all sons and daughters Bm B Just ripples on the water F F/Gm Tryna make it matter Bm B Until our time to leave F F/Gm One day they'll carve your name in stone Bm B Then send your soul on home F 'Til then it's praying for rain F/Gm B And pulling up the weeds F F Planting trees we'll never see ♫ Bridge: Bm Cm B Statues fall and glory fades Bm Cm B But a hundred-year-old oak tree still gives shade ♫ Chorus: F F/Gm We're all sons and daughters Bm B Just ripples on the water F F/Gm Tryna make it matter Bm B Until our time to leave F F/Gm One day they'll carve your name in stone Bm B Then send your soul on home F 'Til then it's praying for rain F/Gm B And pulling up the weeds F 'Til then it's praying for rain F/Gm B And pulling up the weeds F F Planting trees we'll never see ♫ Outro: F Trees we'll never see