Buy Dirt Chords

Capo: 4th fret (F#)

[Intro]
| D | % | % | % |
| A | % | D | % |
 
[Prelude]
D
Blow up your TV, throw away your paper
           A
Go to the country
               D
and build your home
               D
Plant a little garden
             D
Eat a lot of peaches
             A          D
Try and find  Jesus all on your own.
 
[Pickup]
D
 
[Verse 1]
C
Few days before he turned 80
G
He was sitting out back in a rocker
F
He said "what you been up to lately?"
 
I told him chasin' dollar
C
And in between sips of coffee
G
He poured this wisdom out
F                               N.C.
Said if you want my two cents on making a dollar count
 
 
[Chorus]
      C
Buy dirt
                                G
Find the one you can't live without
                                   Am
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
                              F
Do what you love but call it work
                                            C
And throw a little money in the plate at church
                                          G
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
                                 Am
Add a few limbs to your family tree
                                   F
Watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard
 
All grow up
C
'Cause the truth about it is
G
It all goes by real quick
Am                      F
And You can't buy happi-ness
                C
But you can buy dirt
 
 
[Verse 2]
C
Before you get caught on that ladder
G
Let me tell you what it's all about
F
Find you a few things that matter
 
That you can put a fence around
  N.C.
And then he laid it out
 
 
[Chorus]
    C
Buy dirt
                                G
Find the one you can't live without
                                  Am
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
                             F
Do what you love but call it work
                                            C
And throw a little money in the plate at church
                                         G
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
                                 Am
Add a few limbs to your family tree
                                       F
And watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard
 
All grow up
C                         G
'Cause the truth about it is
 
It all goes by real quick
Am                  F
You can't buy happi-ness
                Am     G
But you can buy dirt
            F       C
You can buy dirt
 
[Bridge]
G
And thank the good Lord for it
         N.C.
'Cause He ain't makin' any more of it
 
[Chorus]
      C
Buy dirt
                                G
Find the one you can't live without
                                   Am
Get a ring, let your knee hit the ground
                              F
Do what you love but call it work
                                            C
And throw a little money in the plate at church
                                          G
Send your prayers up and your roots down deep
                                 Am
Add a few limbs to your family tree
                                   F
Watch their pencils marks, and the grass in the yard
 
All grow up
C
'Cause the truth about it is
G
It all goes by real quick
Am                      F
And you can't buy happi-ness
                C
But you can buy dirt