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Farmers Blues Tab

by Marty Stuart


This is a truly amazing song.
Have fun with it!

Standard Tuning, Capo 2
[Whole Step Up]

The [D] in the intro (and after chorus) is strummed very quickly.
Listen to the song, and you'll figure it out.



Intro:
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Stuart:
                
Who'll buy my wheat, who'll buy my corn?
                                
To feed my babies when they are born
                                             
Seeds and dirt, a prayer for rain that I can use.

I work the land, I watch the sky
                         
I talk to God and wonder why
                                                             
But it's the only life I know, these farmer's blues.

(chorus)
                              
I see the seasons come and go
                         
Sending rain, fire, and snow.
                                          
I'm at the mercy of it all, this life I choose.
                                
Sometimes I hang my head and cry
                                
When that evening train comes by.
                                               
I wish it could take me far away
                     
These farmer's blues. 

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Haggard:
                                    
The tractor's old, the fence is down
                             
Put on my suit and go to town.
                                                 
I ask for a loan and I know well they might refuse
                             
Back at home, still by my side
                               
The one I love, with worried eyes
                                            
Waits for me to love away, these farmer's blues.

(Repeat chorus)