Broken Heartland Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]He[Em][G][Am][G]
[Am]climbs up on his John [G]Deere
[F]Shoves a plug of [E]Red
man in his [Am]jaw
His eyes stretch 'cross the val[G]ley
Way [F#dim]down to where they're
[B]putting up a mall
[E]

[Verse 2]
[F#m]
[E]His bas[Am]eball cap say[G]s Kansas
[F]The Washington says
[E]how much he can [Am]grow
[G]There's a ban[F]knote in his pocket
That [E]says in 30 days they'll
have his home
[A][Am]

[Verse 3]
It's [Dm]hard [E]living in a [Am]broken [G]hea[F]rtland
It's [E]enough to break a man
and his be[Am]liefs
[Dm]Lord, give him [E]strength to mend this
[Am]broken [G]hea[F]rtland
'Cause he's [E]living proof of
a dying [Am]breed
[G][Am]

[Verse 4]
[G]
His [Am]sons gone off to col[G]lege
[F]Learning skills that'll get[E] him off the[Am] farm
His wife just keeps it all [G]in side
Still he [F#dim]finds his only com[B]fort
in her [E]arm[F#m]s
[E]And this

[Verse 5]
[Am]tractor's been
his treas[G]ure
Oh, how [F]could an auction
[E]measure its true [Am]worth
[G]And every [F]night he asks the Father
That [E]he may never lose
this mother [Am]earth

[Verse 6]
It's [Dm]hard [E]living in a [Am]broken [G]hea[F]rtland
It's [E]enough to break a man
and his be[Am]lief[G] s
[Am]Lord[Dm], give him s[E]trength to mend
this [Am]broken [G]hea[F]rtland
'Cause he's [E]living proof
of a dying [Am]breed

[Verse 7]
[Dm]Lord, give him [E]strength to mend this
[Am]broken [G]hea[F]rtland
'Cause he's [E]living proof of
a dying [Am]breed

[Outro 1]
[G][Am][G][F][C][F]
[C]