The Long Hard Road (The Sharecropper's Dream) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Way back in my memory
there's [G]a scene that I re[D]call
Of a [A]little run-down cabin
cabin in [D]the woods
Where my dad never promised that our
[G]blue moon would turn [D]gold
But he [A]laid awake nights
wishin' that [D]it would

[Verse 2]
When the [D]world was on our radio,
hard [G]work was on [D]our minds
We [A]lived our day-to-day in in
in plain dirt [D]fashion
With ol' overalls and cotton balls
all [G]strapped across your [D]back
Man, it's [A]hard to make believe
there ain't nothing [D]wrong

[Verse 3]
But [Bm]mama kept the Bible [A]read,
and [G]daddy kept our family fed
And [D]somewhere in between
I must [A]have grown
'Cause [Bm]someday I was dreamin'
[A]that [G]a song that I was singin'
Takes [D]me down the road to
where I want [A]to go

[Verse 4]
Now I [Bm]know [A]it's a long,
[D]hard [G]road[D][A]
[D]
Sometimes, I remember when
[G]I stay up late [D]at night
When the [A]sun up came,
we got up and [D]went
In the shadows of a working day,
our [G]moonlight hours [D]spent
Singin' [A]songs along with grandma's radio

[Verse 5]
[D]Now I'm beatin' down a ol' blacktop road,
[G]sleepin' [D]in a sack
[A]Livin' in my memories all in vai[D]n
'Cause those city lights ain't all that bright,
com[G]pared to what it's [D]like
To see [A]lightning bugs go
dancin' in [D]the rain

[Verse 6]
[Bm]Mama played the guitar [A]then,
and [G]daddy made the saw blade bend
[D]And raindrops played
the tin roof like [A]a drum
But [Bm]I just kept on dreamin' [A]that
[G]a song that I was singin'
Takes [D]me down the road
to where my name [A]is known

[Verse 7]
Now [Bm]I'm gone, [A]and it's a long,
[D]hard road
Yes, I [Bm]know, [A]it's a long,
[D]hard road

[Outro 1]
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