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Poor Old Dirt Farmer

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[Verse]
COh the poor old dirt farmer  he's G7lost all his cCorn
And now where's the money to G7pay off his lCoan?
He lost all his G7corn can't pay off his lCoan
He G7lost all his Ccorn
[Verse]
CWell the poor old dirt farmer he G7only grows Cstones
He grows then on down till they G7big enough to Croll
He rolls them on G7down to the tax man in Ctown
He G7rolls them on Cdown
[Verse]
CNow the poor old dirt farmer he's G7left all Calone
His wife and his children they've G7packed up and Cgone
Packed up and G7gone he's left all Calone
They've G7packed up and Cgone
[Verse]
CWell the poor old dirt farmer how G7bad he must Cfeel
He fell off his tractor up G7under the Cwheel
And now his G7head is shaped like a Ctread
But he G7ain't quite Cdead
[Verse]
CWell the poor dirt farmer he G7can't grow no Ccorn
He can't grow no corn cause he G7ain't got a Cloan
He ain't got a G7loan can't grow no Ccorn
He G7ain't got no Cloan

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Poor Old Dirt Farmer

by Levon Helm

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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[Verse]

C G7 C

Oh the poor old dirt farmer he's lost all his corn

G7 C

And now where's the money to pay off his loan?

G7 C

He lost all his corn can't pay off his loan

G7 C

He lost all his corn

[Verse]

C G7 C

Well the poor old dirt farmer he only grows stones

G7 C

He grows then on down till they big enough to roll

G7 C

He rolls them on down to the tax man in town

G7 C

He rolls them on down

[Verse]

C G7 C

Now the poor old dirt farmer he's left all alone

G7 C

His wife and his children they've packed up and gone

G7 C

Packed up and gone he's left all alone

G7 C

They've packed up and gone

[Verse]

C G7 C

Well the poor old dirt farmer how bad he must feel

G7 C

He fell off his tractor up under the wheel

G7 C

And now his head is shaped like a tread

G7 C

But he ain't quite dead

[Verse]

C G7 C

Well the poor dirt farmer he can't grow no corn

G7 C

He can't grow no corn cause he ain't got a loan

G7 C

He ain't got a loan can't grow no corn

G7 C

He ain't got no loan

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