Farmer's Son Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][G][Bm][Am][D][G][Bm][Am]
[D]

[Verse 1]
I didn't [Am]know you,
I never [D]knew you,
Now I'm nev[C]er gonna see you [G]again.
An ac[Am]quaintance all my child[D]hood years
I could [C]never call you [G]a friend.
I was [D]afraid that I might be[C]come you,
I was [Am]afraid you might appear
As a weight upon my [D]chest at night
And a [C]whisper in my ear.
[G]

[Verse 2]
O the watershed [Bm]I built
And wept [Am]enough that I could [D]fill it,
So [G]the ground beneath [Bm]my
feet would yield
[Am]Enough that I could [D]heal it.
I'm [Am]gonna get it back,
[D]gonna get better,
[Am]Gonna get it fixed,
gonna [D]burn that letter,
[Dsus4]I don't know what's
coming but I'll take [C]it,
[D]Whatever now.
[G]

[Verse 3]
For I [C]was [Am]born to another voca[D]tion,
I was [C]born in another [G]era,
I wasn't [Am]born that I should
[D]live my life
[C]Beneath your failure and [G]fear.
Every [D]night the storm grew [C]closer,
Every [Am]day the fire drew near,
When they'd meet upon this acre
[D]And I prayed it'd up [C]and dis[G]appear.

[Verse 4]
O the [G]watershed [Bm]I built
And wept [Am]enough that I could [D]fill it,
So [G]the ground beneath my
[Bm]feet would yield
[Am]Enough that I could [D]heal it.
I'm [Am]gonna get it back,
[D]gonna get better,
[Am]Gonna get it fixed,
gonna [D]burn that letter,
[Dsus4]I don't know what's
coming but I'll take it,
[D]Whatever now.

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am][D][C][G][Am]
[D][C][G][Em][D][C][Am]
[D][C][G]

[Verse 5]
You didn't [Am]know it, you didn't [D]see me,
As you [C]went about your [G]work.
I was hid[Am]ing in the [D]pantry,
I was [C]practicing the [G]shirk.
By the [D]time my shoulders
[C]straightened up
And my [Am]hands were strong enough,
You couldn't lift an arm again[D]st her,
You were too [C]ill for that kind [G]of stuff.

[Verse 6]
O the [G]watershed [Bm]I built
And wept [Am]enough that I could [D]fill it,
So the [G]ground beneath [Bm]my
feet would yield
[Am]Enough that I could [D]heal it.

[Verse 7]
[Am]Women don't see it when they're
[D]with the wrong fella,
[Am]Women don't see it cos you
[D]know they don't wanna
[Am]Women don't see it when they're
[D]with the wrong fella,
[Am]Women don't see it cos you
[D]know they don't wanna,
I [Dsus4]could see it coming but I [D]know
It doesn't [Dsus4]matter no[D]w.
[G]