Jim Dean of Indiana Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]It was on an Indiana
[C]farm in [Am]the middle of the [D]country
[C]Growin' in the fields of [F]grain,
Jim [Em]Dean of Indiana
[Bm]His [D]moth[G]er died when he was a boy,[C]
[Am]his father was [D]a stranger
[C]Marcus Winslow took [F]him in,
[Em]nobody seemed to [Bm]want him[D]
[G]The hired man sang like a [C]storm,
some[Am]times he'd [D]beat him
'Cause [C]he would never do [F]the chores,
[Em]he was lost in dreamin[Bm]g[D]
[G]He never seemed to find a [C]play
with the flat[Am]lands an[D]d the farmers
[C]So he had to leave one[F] day,
he [Em]said to be an [Bm]act o[D]r
[G]Once he'd come back to [C]the farm
[Am]with starlets from the [D]stages
They [C]locked themselves inside his [F]room,
the [Em]people turned [Bm]their faces[D]
A neigh[G]bor ran from the movie [C]house,
chick[Am]ens they [D]were scattered
He [C]swore he saw upon [F]the screen,
Jim [Em]Dean of Indiana
[Bm]He p[D]layed [G]a boy without a home,[C]
[Am]torn with no [D]tomorrow
[C]Reaching out to touch som[F]eone,
a [Em]stranger in [Bm]the shadow[D]
[G]The Winslows left for the movie [C]town,
[Am]they drove across [D]the country
They [C]hoped that he would stay [F]around and
[Em]they hoped he would [Bm]be friendly[D]
He [G]talked to them for half [C]an hour
but he [Am]was busy [D]racing
[C]He left for the Grapevine Roa[F]d,
they [Em]left for Indiana
[Bm]Then[D] Mar[G]cus heard on the ra
[C]dio [Am]that a movie star [D]was dying
He [C]turned the tuner way down [F]low,
[Em]so Ortense could go on sleepin[Bm]g[D]
It [G]was not until they reached the [C]farm
[Am]where the hired man [D]was waiting
The [C]wind rushed silent through [F]the grain,
it was [Em]just as they had told [Bm]him[D]
They [G]buried him just down [C]the road,
a [Am]mile from [D]the farm house
[C]That is where I placed a f[F]lower
for Jim [Em]Dean of Indiana.
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