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My Father's Son - Montgomery Gentry
Album: Carrying On
Writers: Don Colehour/Scooter Carusoe
[Intro] 
  Em    G   D(x2)
EmOld white washed bCarn doors
GRain rusted tDin
EmStraw packed shirt and bClue jeans
GHangin' in the wDind
There's never tCime for these bGones to mDend
EmUp before the sCun dries
GThe frost on my fDields
EmI've got the diesel Cburnin'
GTurnin' these four wDheels
Across this lCand I been hGanded dDown
I feel my rCoots run dGeep in this grDound
[Chorus]
So sGtand me up tDall in this seat
CLord help me guide this pEmlow beneath my fDeet
And tGurn this earth oDver one more time
Some sCay this wGay of life is dDone
But nCot for my father's sEmonG  D  
EmThree GenerCations
GBefore I ever cDame
EmCut back these tCimbers
And bGet their lives on grDain
And I want to sCee just oGnce before I dDie
Us doin' mCore than just baGrely getting Dby
[Chorus]
EmNow and then I wCalk my fence
GDown by the old country rDoad
EmAnd watch the cars go rCushin' by
GAnd disappear like ghDosts
Out where the sCky meets the aGmber wDaves
Yeah I'm a rCock in this lGand God mDade
[Chorus]

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My Fathers Son

by Montgomery Gentry

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My Father's Son - Montgomery Gentry

Album: Carrying On

Writers: Don Colehour/Scooter Carusoe

[Intro]

Em G D

(x2)

Em C

Old white washed barn doors

G D

Rain rusted tin

Em C

Straw packed shirt and blue jeans

G D

Hangin' in the wind

C G D

There's never time for these bones to mend

Em C

Up before the sun dries

G D

The frost on my fields

Em C

I've got the diesel burnin'

G D

Turnin' these four wheels

C G D

Across this land I been handed down

C G D

I feel my roots run deep in this ground

[Chorus]

G D

So stand me up tall in this seat

C Em D

Lord help me guide this plow beneath my feet

G D

And turn this earth over one more time

C G D

Some say this way of life is done

C Em G D

But not for my father's son

Em C

Three Generations

G D

Before I ever came

Em C

Cut back these timbers

G D

And bet their lives on grain

C G D

And I want to see just once before I die

C G D

Us doin' more than just barely getting by

[Chorus]

Em C

Now and then I walk my fence

G D

Down by the old country road

Em C

And watch the cars go rushin' by

G D

And disappear like ghosts

C G D

Out where the sky meets the amber waves

C G D

Yeah I'm a rock in this land God made

[Chorus]

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