Straw Hat And Old Dirty Hank Chords

Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Em G Em G Em G Em G

EmI tend theG wheat field thEmat makes your bread G

EmI bind the sGweet veal, pluck the hens thaDt make your bed.

EmMother NatGure & MotEmher Earth G

EmAre two of threeG women who dictate whatD I'm worth.

Chorus

EmI'm the Gfarmer,D I work in the Cfields all day

EmDon't mean to alGarm her, but I Dknow it was meant to beC this way.

Em G Em G

You cried a tear, I wiped it dry.

I put you up upon a pedestal so high.

If you should waver, if you should sway,

I'll catch you, spread my tiny wings and fly away

EmYou signed your picturGe with an O and XEm C

EmI bet you don't Gwrite "love" each time Dyou sign your checks.

REPEAT CHORUS

C D G [G/f#] Em

All of this corn I grow, I grow it all for you

C D G [G/f#] Em

I took a hatchet to the radio, I did it all for you

C D

Cm7But you could have written back and you could have said "thank you". C D C D

I guess you got better things, I guess you got better things

CI guess you got bDetter things , better things Emto do

G Em G Em G

DBetter things to do, better things to do,

better things to do, oh.

You say you love me, is that the truth?

Although they've heard the songs, my friends need living proof.

I know your address, I ring the bell,

I bring you flowers and a .22 with shells.

REPEAT CHORUS

Outtro:

Em G Em G Em G Em G

Em