Lower Forty Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]40 acres of ground,
everybody around grows [A]lower 40
You can always make a couple bales
to the acre on [D]lower 40
The cotton grows tall and
the grass does too
The [G]work is hard and the profits are few
To [A]pay the taxes when they come due
Down on Lower [D]40
The Internal Revenue said
the tax was overdue
On [A]Lower 40
We would have to pay or else move away
From [D]Lower 40
They said it was a part of
a nationwide plan
They [G]were gonna send a revenue man
to [A]get the money
Or get that land called Lower [D]40
The tax man came just after
the rain to [A]Lower 40
Pa said he'd shoot
if he put one boot on [D]Lower 40
He said this land belongs to me,
I [G]pay for it once and the title is free
If [A]you don't leave it,
then there's gonna be
trouble on Lower [D]Forty
The tax man frowned and put his
boot down on [A]Lower Forty
Pa started shootin'
but he didn't hit nothin' but [D]Lower 40
The sheriff came, took him away
Now we've [G]got the tax
and he's bailed the pay
We [A]had to do it, there's no other way
But mortgage old Lower [D]40
[A]Forty [D]acres of ground,
everybody around calls [A]Lower Forty
You can always make a couple bales
to the acre on [D]Lower Forty
The cotton grows tall but
the grass does too
The [G]work is hard and the profits are few
To [A]pay the mortgage when it comes due

[Outro 1]
Down on Lower 40
[D]