Ballad of Hollis Brown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C5]
[C]Hollis Brown
[C5]He lived on the [Bb]outside of town[C5]
Hollis Brown
He lived on [Bb]the outside [C]of [C5]town
[C]With his wife and five children
An[Bb]d his cabin [C5]fallin' down

[Verse 2]
[C5]You looked for work
and money
[Bb]And you walked [C]a rugged
[C5]mile[C]
You looked for work and money
[C5]And yo[Bb]u walked a rug[C]ged
[C5]mile
Your children are so hungry
That [Bb]they don't know how [C5]to
[C]smile
[C5]

[Verse 3]
[C]
Your baby's eyes look crazy
[C5]They're a-tuggin' at at[C]
your sleeve
[C5]Your baby's [C]eyes look crazy
[C5]They're a-tuggin' at
at your sleeve
You walk the floor and wonder why
With every [Bb]breath [C]you breathe

[Verse 4]
[C]
[C5]The rats h[C]ave got your flour
[C5]Bad blood it g[C]ot your [C5]mare[D]
[C]The rats have got your flour
[C5]Bad blood [F]it got [C]your [C5]mare[C]
[C5]If there's anyon[C]e that knows
[C5]Is there a[F]nyone th[C]at cares?
[C5]
[C]

[Verse 5]
You prayed to the Lord above
[C5]Oh please [F]send you [C5]a friend
[C]You [C5]prayed [C]to the Lord [C5]above
Oh please [C]send you a friend
[C5]Your empty [C]pockets tell [Bb]yuh
That you [F]ain't a-got [C5]no no friend
[C]Your

[Verse 6]
[C5]babies are crying louder
It's pounding on [Bb]your [C]brain[C5][C]
Your babies are crying louder
It's pounding on [Bb]your [C]brain[C5]
Your wife's screams
are stabbin' you
[C]Like the dirty drivin' [C5]rain[C]
Your [C5]grass it is turning [C]black

[Verse 7]
There's no water in your [C5]well
Your [C]grass is turning black
There's no water in your [C5]well
You spent your [C]last lone dollar
On [Bb]seven shot[C]gun [C5]shells

[Verse 8]
[C5]
[C]Way out in the wilderness
[C5]A cold coyote [C]calls
Way out in the wilder[C5]ness
A cold coyote [C]call[C5] s[C]
Your eyes fix on [C5]the shotgun
That's hangin' on [C]the [Bb]wall
[C]Your brain

[Verse 9]
is a-bleedin'
And And your legs can't seem to stand
Your brain is a-bleedin'
And And your legs can't
[Bb]seem [C]to stand
Your eyes fix on the shotgun
That you're holdin' [Bb]in y[F]our[C][C5]
[Cm][Bb][F]
[C][C5][Cm][C]
[F][Bb][C]
[F]han[C]d

[Verse 10]
There's seven breezes a-blowin' All All [C]around
the cabin [F]door[C][C5]
[C]There's seven breezes a-blowin'
All All around the cabin [C5]door[Bb]
[C]Seven shots ring out
Like the ocean's pounding [C]roar

[Verse 11]
[C]There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota [C]farm
There's seven people dead
On a South Dakota farm
Somewhere in the distance
There's [Bb]seven [F]new people [Bb]born
[C]