Scarecrow In The Garden - Ver 2

C#m E C#m E C#m E B C#m C#m E Well he came from Northern Ireland C#m E Searching for the free man's ground C#m E And he came to bet his fortune B C#m B C#m On a West Virginia plow C#m E He built a house of timber C#m E And raised a redhead son C#m E Then they worked the land together B C#m And prayed the rain would come A E There's a scarecrow in the garden B C#m That looks like Lucifer A C#m And I've been reading Revelations B C#m With my bare feet in the dirt E C#m E C#m E B C#m C#m E Well the redhead's son got older C#m E And took a brown eyed wife C#m E And the fields were green as dollars B C#m Cause the dirt was black as night C#m E I came in late September C#m E The youngest one of three C#m E And my sisters off and married B C#m So the land was left to me A E There's a scarecrow in the garden B C#m That looks like Lucifer A C#m And I've been reading Revelations B C#m With my bare feet in the dirt B I know every single fencepost A C#m Every rock that goes around B I've been staring at the red oak A C#m Where I know they'll lay me down C#m E The fields ain't what they once were C#m E The rains just seem to flood C#m E And I've been thinking about that river B C#m Wondering how it turns to blood C#m E I've been sitting here all morning C#m E I was sitting here all night C#m E There's a bible in my left hand B C#m And a pistol in my right