Scarecrow In The Garden

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