Capo: 5 Tuning: E A D G B E

Corb plays this with a modified fingerstyle, where he holds the pick normally to strike the bass notes and uses his fourth and fifth fingers to strum the high strings. You should be able to pick up the rhythm from the record. ***Capo 5*** 8 Verses, no chorus, two instrumental breaks. ***

Well I was b^Gorn in this valley, on this r^Canch, I was rai^Gsed I learned to l^Gope, rope and dally, on the ^AmS lazy ^DH Well the ro^Gots of my people, they run d^Ceep on this p^Glace I am s^Gixth generat^Bmion on the ^CS la^Dzy ^GH

When it c^Game to the future, I never g^Cave it a th^Gought If there were b^Groncs to be broken, endless st^Ameers to be ca^Dught Well my yo^Guth, it was carefree, for the w^Cork was my p^Glay And what I lo^Gved would always be ^Bmthere on the ^CS la^Dzy ^GH

I had o^Gne beloved sister a few years y^Counger than m^Ge Before a s^Gole cowboy had kissed her, she left for sc^Amhool in the E^Dast Me I might^G have gone to college, might have l^Ciked to fly p^Glanes But my d^Gad, he needed help ^Bmto run the ^CS la^Dzy ^GH

So I w^Gorked there long-side him, put adult y^Cears in this ^Gplace And I g^Gained appreciation, for the li^Amnes on his f^Dace And when m^Gom had grown older, and when d^Cad passed aw^Gay It fell to ^Gme to look af^Bmter the ^CS la^Dzy ^GH

[Instrumental] G C Am G D G C G

By now my si^Gster she had married a sharp at^Ctorney back E^Gast We didn’t se^Ge eye to eye much, but I did my b^Amest to make p^Deace What did they s^Gee when they looked over, over the fen^Cce one fine d^Gay They saw a wh^Gole lot of v^Bmalue in the ^CS la^Dzy ^GH

So after tho^Gught and assessment, the co^Curt awarded them h^Galf And no c^Gow-calf operation carries t^Amhat kind of ca^Dsh Well I wor^Gked through the numbers, worked them ev^Cery which w^Gay Yeah I w^Gent through the numbers, oh and b^Coys I’m af^Graid I had to s^Gell twenty sect^Bmions of the ^CS la^Dzy ^GH

Sometimes ri^Gght isn’t equal, sometimes e^Cqual’s not f^Gair There will s^Goon be rows of houses on that r^Amidge over th^Dere Many life^Gtimes of labor will be a^Cll but er^Gased So shed a t^Gear and look sk^Bmyward, God help the ^CS l^Dazy ^GH

[Instrumental] G C Am G D G C G

The last few y^Gears were a struggle, but I g^Cave it my b^Gest And I tr^Gied to go forward on the l^Amand that was le^Dft I have liv^Ged with the sorrow and I will d^Cie with the sh^Game For now the b^Gank owns what’s l^Bmeft of the ^CS l^Dazy ^GH

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