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This Hard Land - Bruce Springsteen



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          C                  D                        G

Hey there mister can you tell me what happened to the seeds I've sown

                  C          D                     G

Can you give me a reason sir as to why they've never grown

 C                            G

They've just blown around from town to town

            D                   G    C

Till they're back out on these fields

                         G

Yeah where they fall from my hand

     D                G

Back into the dirt of this hard land



              C       D                     G

Now me and my sister from Germantown yeah, we did ride

    C                   D                G

We made our bed sir from the rock on the mountainside

         C                   G

We been blowin' around from town to town

 D                     G

Lookin for a place to stand

              C

Where the sun burst through the cloud

   G

To fall like a circle

        D                     G

Like a circle of fire down on this hard land



             C                   D

Now even the rain it don't come 'round

               G

It don't come 'round here no more

              C                   D

And the only sound at night's the wind

              G

Slammin' the back porch door

         C                         G

It just stirs you up like it wants to blow you down

  D                           G

Twistin' and churnin' up the sand

        C                     G

Leavin' all them scarecrows lyin' face down

  D                      G             | G | G |

Face down in the dirt of this hard land



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                    C

From a building up on the hill

           D                 G

I can hear a tape deck blastin' "Home on the Range"

                   C

I can see them Bar-M choppers

 D                G

Sweepin' low across the plains

 C                           G

It's me and you Frank we're lookin' for lost cattle

          D                              G

Our hooves twistin' and churnin' up the sand

         D                     G

We're ridin' in the whirlwind searchin' for lost treasure

 D                    G

Way down south of the Rio Grande

        C

We're ridin' cross that river

        G

In the moonlight

 D                   G

Up onto the banks of this hard land



                    C                       D                  G

Hey Frank won't ya pack your bags and meet me tonight down at Liberty Hall

          C                      D                G

Just one kiss from you my brother and we'll ride until we fall

      C                         G                              D

Well sleep in the fields we'll sleep by the rivers and in the morning

              G

We'll make a plan 

                   C

We'll if you can't make it

            G

Stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive 

           D

If you can

                          G

And meet me in a dream of this hard land



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