When The Strangest Weeds Take Hold Chords

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[Verse 1]
[G]All I ever wanted for my [F#]baby
Was to [F]have a better life
Than the [Em]good lord gave me
To [Eb]turn my back on the [D]motherland
That's [C]fine
We [G]spirit wrestlers have
[F#]strength and faith
But I [F]never thought we'd sail so [Em]far a[Eb]way
I feel the [D]sea in me I'm [C]wavering
[G]Ooh, [D]we'll do [F]the best we can do[E]
[Eb]Continuous, brave, pacif[D]ist,
we'll help each [C]other [Eb]through[D]
[G]Ooh, [D]we'[G]ll do [F]the best we
can [Em]do[Eb][D][C]
When we [G]reached the other
[D]shore I felt stead[F#]ier
[F]Then by rail [E]we all felt better
Yet [Eb]still, my [D]son would not calm [C]down
[G]Now this thought [F#]haunts me
We'd [F]come so far so fast
[Em]Perhaps his natu[Eb]re was shaped
by the [D]ceaseless motion [C]of our [G]path
[D]Ooh, how [F]is a woman to soothe
[C]all[E] these res[Eb]tless souls as
[D]they're [C]adapting?[Eb]
[D]Ooh, [G]we'[D]ll do the[F] best we can do[C]
While the men work, [Eb]I will work in and [D]do the [C]planting
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[C][G][D][F#][F][Em][C][Eb][D]
[C]
[G]I have been w[D]orking m[F#]y
fin[F]gers to the bone
[Em]But [E]I can'[Eb]t replace
that his [D]father isn't
[C]home
[G]Sometimes, like I [D]promise,
we're to[F]gether and he shines
[Em]But it's never soon [Eb]or long enou[D]gh
for a young man's [C]timeline
[G]I know why you're so s[D]ad,
boy, I can [F]feel it in me [C]too
Would you [Eb]let me sing a [D]hymn with [C]you?
[G]I know why you're so s[D]ad, boy
[F#]I can fe[F]el it in me to[E]o
But those [Eb]men aren't talking
[D]sense [C]to you
[D]Those [Eb]men aren't talking s[D]ense to [F]you[C]
I remem[G]ber how it [D]sounded
when we [F]were 4 ,000 strong
[C]But now we're sca[G]ttered like the gra[D]vel
from the [F]road we walked here [C]on
And the [D]bushes [G]crept in[D]to
us like a [F]tale so often told
[C]We're like the oth[G]er ones,
it's been broken
[D]And the str[F]angest ways take hold
[D]We're like the [G]other ones,
it's been [D]broken
And the [F]strangest ways take [G]hold
We're like the other ones,
it's been [D]fading
And the [F]strangest ways take [C]hold
We're like the [G]other ones,
it's been broken
[D]And the str[F]angest ways take hol[C]d
[D]I'm gonna make you [G]all
my own sons of a bitch
[D]I'm gonna you all my own sons
It's gonna [F]be the best night [C]ever
I'm gonna make
[G]best ever
I had to [D]turn away
[F#]When he aske[F]d me that ques[Em]tion
[E]Cause I [Eb]know what the sons of freedom [D]do
I [C]know everything
[G]I couldn't t[D]ell him what it was
[F]that he needed me to [Em]say
Cause [Eb]he who lives by the sw[D]ord
has cut all [C]hope [G]away
[D]Ooh, what [F]is a mother to do
[Am]When there[F]'s no tend[Eb]erness left
in the [D]seed [C]she planted[Eb][D][G][D]
I [F]don't know what I can do
Since this [Eb]prairie's made a [D]wolf of [C]you
This [Eb]prairie's made a [D]wolf of [C]you[F][G][D]
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