A                  D            A
In the ground, Not many years ago
  D                  A            E
A belly full they'd grow, In the ground
A                  D                A
In the ground, As long as they were able
D                     E              A
They planned for the table,  In the ground

[Verse 2]
A                          D            A
In the ground, Like their parents did before
D                     A               E
Blood and sweat they poured, In the ground
A                         D                A
In the ground, That they held to as their own
D                       E             A
They worked and made a home, In the ground

[Chorus]
   E                          D                   A
In ground like no other, With help from nature's mother
                                         E
They fed this country's cities and its towns
                                  D                A
But in long, slow surrender, With profits getting slender
                                 E
The family farm now often can be found
                                         A
Beneath what some call progress, In the ground

[Verse 3]
  A                   D                A
In the ground, They lived a straight line
     D                 A             E
But they've run out of time, In the ground
        A            D             A
In the ground, That dream will be gone
       D                 E             A
And it feels so damned wrong, In the ground

[Chorus]
   E                           D                   A
In ground like no other, With help from nature's mother
                                         E
They fed this country's cities and its towns
                                  D                A
But in long, slow surrender, With profits getting slender
                                 E
The family farm now often can be found
                                         A
Beneath what some call progress, In the ground

[Verse 4]
     A             D                 A
In the ground, We turn it over once more
        D         A            E
And a casket we lower, In the ground
        A          D        A
In the ground, My hero gone home
   D             E             A
I cry o'er his bones, In the ground

[Chorus]
  E                           D                   A
In ground like no other, With help from nature's mother
                                         E
They fed this country's cities and its towns
                                  D                A
But in long, slow surrender, With profits getting slender
                                 E
The family farm now often can be found
                                         A
Beneath what some call progress, In the ground