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Forty Acres

Caedmons Call
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Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Out on these  Texas plains
 You can see for a  million lives
 And there’s a  thousand exits
 Between here  and the state line
 About the  last time that  I saw  you
 You said  call me Pandora
 Call me  fool
 And I’m thinking this view, it could  do you some good
 So drop these scales and  take a look
 There’s forty  acres  and redemption to be found
 Just along  down the  way
 There is a  place where no  plow blade has turned the ground
 But you will  turn it over  (hey)
 Cause out here hope remains
 Cause out here hope remains
 Out here the Texas sky is as big as the sea
 And you’re alone in your room like an island floating free
 Your spirit’s hanging in a bottle on a tree
 You say that you’re the black sheep, I say you’re still family
 So throw that bottle to the waves
 And I’ll bring you into me, and from the shore you will see
 Out here the Texas rain is the hardest I’ve ever seen
 It’ll wash your house away, but it’ll also make you clean
 And all these rocks are crying out too
 And this whole land is calling out for you
 (Repeat last line twice, end with G)

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Readable chord sheet for Forty Acres by Caedmons Call

[G]
[Dsus4]
[G/B]
[C2]
[D]
[Em7]
[C7]

[G]       [Dsus4]    [G/B]     [C2]

[G] Out on these [Dsus] Texas plains
[G/B] You can see for a [C2] million lives
[G] And there’s a [Dsus] thousand exits
[G/B] Between here [C2] and the state line
[G] About the [Dsus] last time that [G/B] I saw [C2] you
You said [G] call me Pan[Dsus]dora
[G/B] Call me [A] [C2] fool
[G/B] And I’m thinking this view, it could [C2] do you some good
[G/B] So drop these scales and [C2] take a look

[D] There’s forty [Em7] acres [C2] and redemption to be found
[D] Just a[Em7]long down the [C2] way
[D] There is a [Em7] place where no [C2] plow blade has turned the ground
[D] But you will [Em7] turn it over [C2] (hey)
[D] Cause out here hope remains [G] [Dsus] [G/B]
Cause out here hope remains [C2] [Dsus] [G]

Out here the Texas sky is as big as the sea
And you’re alone in your room like an island floating free
Your spirit’s hanging in a bottle on a tree
You say that you’re the black sheep, I say you’re still family
So throw that bottle to the waves
And I’ll bring you into me, and from the shore you will see

Out here the Texas rain is the hardest I’ve ever seen
It’ll wash your house away, but it’ll also make you clean
And all these rocks are crying out too
And this whole land is calling out for you

(Repeat last line twice, end with G)

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