Eliza Gilkyson – Pastures Of Plenty (Guitar)

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Chords

[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