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RAIN ON THE SCARECROW
John Cougar Mellencamp
Intro: [F#m][A][E][F#m][A][E]
[F#m] Scarecrow on
a [A] wooden [E] cross
[F#m] Blackbird in the [A] barn [E]
[F#m] Four hundred empty [A] acres [E]
That [F#m] used
to be my [A] farm [E]
I [F#m] grew up like my [A] daddy [E] did
My [F#m] grandpa cleared this [A] land [E]
When
[F#m] I was five I [A] walked the [E] fence
While [F#m] grandpa held my [A] hand [E]
[D] Rain on the scarecrow
[E] Blood on the plow
[D] This land fed a nation This [E] land made me proud
[E] And Son I'm just sorry there's no
[D] legacy for you now
[F#m] Rain on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m] Blood on the [A] plow [E]
[F#m] Rain on the
[A] scare-[E]-crow
F#m] Blood on the [A] plow [E]
[F#m] The crops we grew last [A] summer [E]
Weren't [F#m]
enough to pay the [A] loans [E]
Couldn't [F#m] buy the seed to [A] plant this [E] spring
And the [F#m] Farmers Bank
fore-[A]-closed [E]
[F#m] Called my old friend [A] Schepman [E] up
To [F#m] auction off the [A] land [E]
He said
[F#m] John it's just my [A] job [E]
And I [F#m] hope you under-[A]-stand [E]
[F#m] Hey calling it your [A] job ol'
[E] hoss
[F#m] Sure don't make it [A] right [E]
But if you [F#m] want me to I'll [A] say a [E] prayer
[F#m] For
your soul [A] tonight [E]
And [D] grandma's on the front porch swing
With a [E] Bible in her hand
Some-[D]-times
I hear her singing
"Take me [E] to the Promised Land"
When you [E] take away a man's dignity
He can't
[D] work his fields and cows
There'll be [F#m] blood on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m] Blood on the [A] plow [E]
[F#m] Blood on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m] Blood on the [A] plow [E]
Well there's [D] ninety-seven crosses
Planted [E] in the courthouse yard
[D] Ninety-seven families
Who lost [E] ninety-seven farms
I [D] think about
my grandpa
And my [E] neighbors and my name
And some [E] nights I feel like dyin'
Like that [D] scarecrow in the
rain
[D] Rain on the scarecrow
[E] Blood on the plow
This [D] land fed a nation
This [E] land made me
proud
And [E] Son I'm just sorry
They're just [D] memories for you now
[F#m] Rain on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m]
Blood on the [A] plow [E]
[F#m] Rain on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m] Blood on the [A] plow [E]
[D] Rain on
the scarecrow
[E] Blood on the plow
This [D] land fed a nation
This [E] land made me proud
And [E] Son I'm
just sorry
They're just [D] memories for you now
[F#m] Rain on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m] Blood on the [A] plow
[E]
[F#m] Rain on the [A] scare-[E]-crow
[F#m] Blood on the [A] plow [E]
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