{title:Where Grass Wont Grow}
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Key of D
Where Grass Won't Grow

[D]The dirt was clay the [G]color of the blood in [D]me.
A [D]twelve acre farm on a [G]ridge in south Tenness[A]ee.
We [Bm]left our sweat all [A]over that land,
Behind a [G]mule we watched grow old, row after [D]row.
Trying to [D]grow corn an' cotton on [G]ground so poor that [A]grass [G]won't [D]grow.


[D]There was one old store in the [G]holler we all called [D]town.
It belonged to a gentle old [G]man named Henry [A]Brown.
He [Bm]gave us credit in the [A]winter time,
So we could [G]live through the cold, when the winds brought [Bm]snow.
[D]Trying to grow corn an' cotton on [G]ground so [Em]poor that [A]grass [G]won't [D]grow.

key change to E

As I [E]stand here looking over [A]this part of Tennes[E]see,
The fields are bare as [A]far as the eye can [B7]see.
And [C]over the ground where [E]Janie lies,
There's a [A]beautiful sight to behold and no one [E]knows,
Why there's flowers growin' on / / [A] ground so poor that [B7]grass [A]won't [D]grow...