Cheryl Wheeler - His Hometown
CAPO: 2nd Fret
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C
When he was a boy, sitting in school
D/F# G
Staring out the windows at the fields he knew
C
All that he wanted was to be there too
D/F# C D
Driving his tractor through the morning dew
G C
Dust from the sun, mud from the rain
D/F# G
Felt like an honour to him all the same
C
It's the simplest thing, he's a self taught man
D/F# C D
He loves his work because he loves the land
CHORUS:
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He can change the hills, plant the trees
C D G
Dig the wells, spread the seeds
C D Em
Mow the fields, plough the streets
C D G
In his home town
C
When the seasons roll by, year into year
D/F# G
He's worked all his life and he's worked right here
C
The winter's go slow if the snows don't come
D/F# C D
But it's soon to be summer when the tractors hum
CHORUS:
G C G C G
He can change the hills, plant the trees
C D G
Dig the wells, spread the seeds
C D Em
Mow the fields, plough the streets
C D G C
In his home town
BRIDGE:
G C
I've seen him do things I just can't believe
Am D C
Makes gentle giants of those big machines
D G C
He moves a boulder like a paper bag
Am D
He moves a tree like it was all he had
G C
He can change the hills
INSTRUMENTAL: G C G C D G C D Em C D G
C
And blessed is the soul who has truly found
D/F# G
Something to rest on while the world turns 'round
C
I think he'd say, this is how he feels
D/F# C D
When the dark earth is turning underneath his wheels
CHORUS:
G C G C G
He can change the hills, plant the trees
C D G
Dig the wells, spread the seeds
C D Em
Mow the fields, plough the streets
C D G
In his home town
C D G
In his home town
