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C C F C Well, I woulda bought my grandpa's farm G C But I couldn't raise quite enough cash F C Now they're cuttin' all the timber down G C Turnin' all the rest to ash C F C A company came in from outta state G C To building another stinkin' factory F C And them county politicians think they know G C Just exactly what we need F C But I sit down by the highway G C I hear those big cats growl F C Where the quail gonna fly to? Where will the rabbits run now? F C I watch 'em tearin' all to hell G C Used to be my church F C Tearin' up my grandpa's land F C They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt C F C A few more jobs and a lot less trees G C Gonna put this county in the rat race F C Like that's where we want to be G C This used to be such a peaceful place C F C And they'll tell us that they don't pollute G C This shit they dump in the river is perfectly safe F C But all the talk in the whole wide world G C Could never bring back what they laid to waste F C I sit down by the highway G C I hear those big cats growl F C Where the quail gonna fly to? Where will the rabbits run now? F C I watch 'em tearin' all to hell what G C Used to be my church F C Tearin' up my grandpa's land F C They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt C F C C G C C C F C There's an ancient oak standin' alone G C Tryin' to do the work of a thousand trees F C Been here since the Cherokee called this home G C But it's standin' in the way of a factory F C I sit down by the highway G C I hear those big cats growl F C Where the quail gonna fly to? Where will the rabbits run now? F C I watch 'em tearin' all to hell what G C Used to be my church F C Tearin' up my grandpa's land F C They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt F C They're treatin' my grandpa's land like dirt C