Flatland Girl

G D C G G Driving through the land of Lincoln always gets me thinking D C G Of the flatlands where I come from and the life I left behind G The corn grew high on Grandpa's farm Now they boarded up the barn D C G That way of life from long ago just withered on the vine C D You can take a girl out of the heartland Am G C But you can't take the heartland from the heart G G Of a flatland girl G You can plant your dreams in God's green acre Send 'em to Heaven in a grain elevator D But prayers don't run the tractor C G But promise summer rain G And I found out when I was young A farmеr's day is never done D And whеn the hard times hit the heartland C G They had to move away C D You can take a girl out of the heartland Am G C But you can't take the heartland from the heart G Of a flatland girl C D Am G C C D Am G C G G D C G G D C G G Then one day from the Windy City In blew a man who could talk too pretty D He had a long look and Grandpa shook C G That's been five years ago G Nowadays when I'm up in the land of Lincoln I ask myself, "What were they thinking?" D C G All that's left is a photograph of the flatland fields of home C D You can take a girl out of the heartland Am G C But you can't take the heartland from the heart C D You can take a girl out of the heartland Am G C C But you can't take the heartland from the heart G Of a flatland girl G G D C G