Misc Originals – Brooks Herring - Cold Dead Hands (Guitar)

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[Intro] D G (x2) [Verse 1]
          D                        G
I was raised up in the pine trees

                         D          G
Tobacco fields on either side

          D                       G
Taught to love God and country

                          D         G
Down a mile long red dirt drive

     D                    G
Mama prayed every Sunday

                                 D      G
Lord knows back then times were rough

      D                                G
Daddy worked more than he stayed home

                                D       G
But in the end it just wasn’t enough
[Pre-Chorus]
    A                            G
One day they came to take it all away,

        A                                    G
From my room I heard my daddy stand tall and say
[Chorus]
        D
Take my guns, take my faith

      G
Take what you want from my hard earned pay

        D                                     G
You can take turns knocking down this working man

         D
Take the Bible I got from grandma

         G
Outta my house on daddy’s land

         A          G
You can take it all

                          D
Right outta my cold dead hands
[Verse 2]
     D                               G
They cut down all those pines trees

                                D    G
Now those fields are paved and gone

              D                                 G
They couldn’t take what daddy taught me, he said

                                 D     G
You gotta stand up for what you own
[Pre-Chorus]
       A                                      G
If the day comes that they try to take it all away

      A                                    G
I’ll take my turn, look ‘em in the eye and say
[Chorus]
        D
Take my guns, take my faith

      G
Take what you want from my hard earned pay

        D                                     G
You can take turns knocking down this working man

         D
Take the Bible I got from grandma

         G
Outta my house on daddy’s land

         A          G
You can take it all

                          D
Right outta my cold dead hands
[Solo] D G x2 [Bridge]
     A                                   G
I’ll always hold my ground I'll never run away

       A                                  G
That’s exactly what I’ll teach my son someday
[Chorus]
        D
Take my guns, take my faith

      G
Take what you want from my hard earned pay

        D                                     G
You can take turns knocking down this working man

         D
Take the Bible I got from grandma

         G
Outta my house on daddy’s land

         A          G
You can take it all

         A          G
You can take it all

                          D
Right outta my cold dead hands