Cody Jinks – Dirt chords

[Intro]
A F#m E
A F#m E

[Verse]
    F#mI remember that summer
      DI was ten years old
         A              EWhen our days ceased to shine
        F#mNo, you could not take a breath
           DWhen those black blizzards came
          A                    EStrippin' land in dire need of rain

[Verse]
          F#mThere was dirt on the floor
        DAs mama swept all day long
        A                                ELeavin' trails of tears and mud down her face
          F#mThere was dirt in our beds
              DAnd there was dirt in our clothes
              A                          EAnd there was dirt in the little that we ate

[Verse]
       F#mWe had heard about the market's fall
  DA couple years before
        A                                 EBut the fields and the harvest all seemed fine
    F#mSometimes the things that kill us
DThat which we don't know
     A                                EThat strip the land of everything but pride

[Chorus]
AStay close together
F#m                       E  E  E  EThat's all we knew to get by
    AI recall a helpless feelin'
F#m                  EFirst time that I sa-aw my father cry
D                             ALooking back on everything we had
                     E  E  E  EAnd on everything we lost
A                    F#mStill makes me wonder
                       E  E  E  EWas staying wo-rth the cost

[Verse]
         F#mA lot of town folk up and left
             DThey boarded up the schools and banks
        AAnd the churches
                     EAnd that, to me, was wrong
          F#mCome next year, it would be better
        DFor the last one standing tall
        A                           EFor the ones - that showed the most resolve

[Verse]
      F#mThey announced the New Deal
               DWith the Conservation Act and then
    A                            EThe Relief Fund - we were on our knees
          F#mThere was little hope by then
           DSo we just stood there in that line
       A                                      EAnd we thanked the man for that little bit of cheese

[Chorus]
AStay close together
F#m                       E  E  E  EThat's all we knew to get by
    AI recall a helpless feelin'
F#m                  EFirst time that I sa-aw my father cry
D                             ALooking back on everything we had
                     E  E  E  EAnd on everything we lost
A                    F#mStill makes me wonder
                       E  E  E  EWas staying wo-rth the cost

[Outro]
F#m D A E
F#m D A E
F#m D A E
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