Will It Grow

Am C F Fmaj7 I made a promise to not let go C C/G F Our tug of war has only made me want you more C C/G F Fmaj7 Steeped in hard luck and doomed to roam F Am riff My love is braver than you know My forefathers they worked this land And I was schooled in the tyranny of nature's plans Dressed in thunder a cloud came round In the shape of a lion a hand came down F C Damn this valley F C Damn this cold C C/G F Am Take so long to let me know F C F C It's plant and reap and plow and sow C Am7 or B7* But tell me will it grow 3rd verse Dig my ditches in the golden sun I'd be robbing these trains if I could catch me one Sunday Monday now Tuesday's gone Got me stone cold sober in a drought so long Boarded mansions and ghost filled yards There's a boy in a water tower counting cars Steel traps open and empty stalls There's a well worn saddle but the horse is gone 4th verse Jet black starlit midnight rolls I am down in the garden where I let go Here on the surface the earth looks round But it's a godless city of cold flat ground