Tablature sharecroppers dream - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

          



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  Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 22:05:02 -0800

  From: MorrisHarmor <mcharmor@erols.com>

  Subject: Submissions to COWPIE Archives

  

  Long Hard Road, The Sharecropper's Dream 

  The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

  

     D           G     D

  Way back in my memory there's a scene that I recall

     A           D

  Of a little run-down cabin in the woods

                    G        D

  Where my dad never promised that our blue moon would turn gold

     A              D

  But he laid awake nights wishin' that it would

                 G        D

  When the world was on our radio hard work was on our minds

     A           D

  We lived our day-to-day in plain dirt fashion

                 G        D

  With ol' overalls and cotton balls all strapped across your back

        A              D

  Man, it's hard to make believe there ain't nothing wrong

     Bm             G

  But momma kept the Bible read and daddy kept our family fed

     D              A

  And somewhere in between I must have grown

     Bm             G

  Cause someday I was dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

        D           A

  Takes me down the road to where I want to go

     Bn A     D

  Now I know, it's a long hard road

              G     D

  Sometimes I remember when I stayed up late at night

        A           D

  When the sun-up came, we got up and went

                    G     D

  In the shadows of a working' day our moonlight hours spent

        A        D

  Singin' songs along with Gramma's radio

                    G     D

  Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road sleepin' in a sack

    A            D

  Livin' in my memories all in vain

                    G        D

  Cause those city lights ain't all that bright compared to what its like

        A           D

  To see Lightning Bugs go dancin' in the rain

     Bm             G

  Momma played the guitar then and daddy made the saw blade bend

        D           A

  And raindrops played the tin roof like a drum

     Bm          G

  But I just kept on dreamin' that a song that I was singin'

        D              A

  Takes me down the road to where my name is known

     Bm    A     D

  Now I'm gone, and its a long hard road

     Bm A     D

  Yes, I know,  Its a long hard road.

  

   


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