G 
THE OLD MAN LOADED UP EVERYTHING THAT HE OWNED 
   C                    D 
IN WAGON AND HEADED OUT WEST 
G    
THE OLD WOMAN FEARLESS TO FACE THE UNKNOWN  
      C                            D      
CAUSE SHE FIGURED HE KNEW WHAT WAS BEST 
 
C                               G 
AND THEY SETTLED DOWN HARD ON A GOVERNMENT GRANT 
     C                       D 
WITH 6 MOUTHS TO FEED AND 40 ACRES TO PLANT 
 
D                 Em      G 
AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN 
C                            G 
LIKE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM ABOVE 
D                  Em      G 
AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN 
C                                     D 
WELL ONCE IT STARTS THERE AIN'T NEVER ENOUGH 
 
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FALL TURNED TO WINTER AND ANOTHER YEAR GONE 
C             D 
OVER AND OVER AGAIN 
G    
SOME TOOK THEIR LIVES FROM THE LAND AND MOVED ON 
     C                         D 
SOME STAYED ON TO PLOW IT BACK IN 
 
C                               G 
AND THE GOOD LORD GIVITH AND HE TAKETH AWAY 
        C                         D   
AND THE RESTLESS SHALL GO AND THE FAITHFUL SHALL STAY 
 
 
D                 Em      G 
AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN 
C                            G 
LIKE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM ABOVE 
D                  Em      G 
AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN 
C                                     D 
WELL ONCE IT STARTS THERE AIN'T NEVER ENOUGH 
 
D 
WELL MY GRANDFATHER DIED IN THE ROOM HE WAS BORN IN 
C                    G 
TWENTY THREE SUMMERS AGO 
D                             C 
BUT I COULD HAVE SWORN HE WAS BESIDE ME THIS MORNING 
                                 G 
WHEN THE SHERIFF SHOWED UP AT MY DOOR 
 
C                                       G 
SO DON'T YOU COME AROUND HERE WITH YOUR AUCTIONEEER MAN 
              C                              D 
CAUSE YOU CAN HAVE THE MACHINES BUT YOU AINT TAKEN MY LAND 
 
 
D                 Em      G 
AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN 
C                            G 
LIKE AN ANGEL SENT DOWN FROM ABOVE 
D                  Em      G 
AND THE RAIN CAME DOWN 
C                                     D 
WELL ONCE IT STARTS THERE AIN'T NEVER ENOUGH