[Intro]
C Cm C
[Verse]
C
They came in thinkin' top dollar
Em
To that old cotton crop farmer
F
They knocked on his screen door and he said
C
"Lord, what you need, boys?" And they said
C
"You know all the others went and cashed out
Em
They got the subdivision all mapped out
F
It'll sit right here on this land
C
And you can leave town a rich man"
G F
And he said, "Boys, whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough
[Chorus]
C
'Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there
Em
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
F
She's in the big city, but she still calls home
What's she gonna do if she comes back and we're gone?
C
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Em
Beneath the cross is where my best buddy's buried
F
It lasted thirteen huntin' season runnin' strong
Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog
Am G F
And over there is where I got down on one knee
F G C
You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
[Verse]
C
One man smiled and he kinda looked away
Em
The other said, "Before we go, I gotta know one thing
F
Between thr droughts and the floods through all the years
What in the world got you through?
How the hell'd you get here?" And he said
[Chorus]
C
"That little girl that used to swing right there
Em
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
F
Runnin' up after one of them long days
A big smile makin' every litttle worry fade
C
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Em
Beneath the cross where my best buddy's buried
F
All them huntin' seasons freezin' in a Jon boat
Me and him, double-barrel and a two-stroke
Am G F
And that woman that said 'yes' when I got down on one knee
F G C
Yeah you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
[Break]
Am
No, it ain't somethin' you fall into
G
It's somethin' God gives you
F
And you hold on to
[Chorus]
C
Just like that little girl that used to swing right there
C Em
Still see her pink bow in her brown hair
Em F
She's in the big city now, but she still calls home
She's comin' back next week and, man, it's been too long
C
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Em
Beside the cross where my best buddy's buried
F
Lays a puppy posted up in the shade
That woman never could turn away a stray
Am G F
I guess that's why she said 'yes' when I got down on one knee
Am G F
Oh, long as all this is here, why the hell would I ever leave?
G C
Yeah you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
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