Thirty Years Of Farming keyboard

Thirty Years Of Farming

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More info on James King can be found here: http://www.allmusic.com/artist/james-king-mn0000788693
This song was released on Rounder Records in 2002.  It was written by Canadian singer/songwriter Fred J. 
Eaglesmith.

Thirty Years Of Farming – James King 
Album: Thirty Years Of Farming 

Intro: G/// C/// G/// D/// G/// //// //// 

VERSE 1 

G
There's a little white note on the gate by the road 
       C                G
That a man put up yesterday 
G
And when we saw it, we all ran out 
G       A                  D   D7
Just to see what it had to say  

    G
And when we read it, my eyes filled with tears 
         C                     G
And they fell to the cold hard clay 
G
Something 'bout a mortgage, something 'bout foreclosure 
                    D          G
And something 'bout failure to pay 

CHORUS:
G
Oh, and on the post by the general store 
     C               G
They put up a little sign 
G
An auction sale, day after tomorrow 
       A                  D    D7
At the end of the Lincoln Line  
G
30 years of farming, 30 years of heartache 
C                  G
30 years of day-to-day 
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talkin', the day the farm was auctioned 
G                    D       G
There was -- nothing left to say 

Instrumental: Follow pattern of VERSE 1  

VERSE 2
G 
Oh, my momma's tears fell freely down 
       C                               G
As she walked among the flowers in the yard 
G
And every number, the auctioneer called 
           A                    D      D7
Was like a blow to her precious heart  
    G
And every number, the auctioneer called 
       C                          G
Meant another thing was sold that day 
G
While everything was auctioned, we stood there a-watchin' 
G                        D         G
While they loaded it and drove it away 

CHORUS:
G
Oh, and on the post by the general store 
     C               G
They put up a little sign 
G
An auction sale, day after tomorrow 
       A                  D    D7
At the end of the Lincoln Line  
G
30 years of farming, 30 years of heartache 
C                  G
30 years of day-to-day 
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talkin', the day the farm was auctioned 
G                    D       G
There was -- nothing left to say

Instrumental Follow pattern of VERSES

VERSE 3 
G
As the day was dawning, we awoke this morning 
          C                 G
There was nothing for us to do 
G
Nothing in the granary, no hay in the meadow 
   A                      D     D7
No cattle, no tractor, no tools  
      G
So we loaded up the car, took the clothes we wore 
      C                        G
And a few things we managed to save 
G
Mama read from the book, we took one last look 
G           D      G
And then we drove away 

(OPTIONAL: SING THIS LAST CHORUS WITHOUT INSTRUMENTS) 

CHORUS:
G
Oh, and on the post by the general store 
     C               G
They put up a little sign 
G
An auction sale, day after tomorrow 
       A                  D    D7
At the end of the Lincoln Line  
G
30 years of farming, 30 years of heartache 
C                  G
30 years of day-to-day 
G
Oh, my daddy stopped talkin', the day the farm was auctioned 
G                    D       G
There was -- nothing left to say 

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