Tonalidad: D major•
Verse 1
D
40 acres of ground,
A
everybody around grows lower 40
You can always make a couple bales
D
to the acre on lower 40
The cotton grows tall and
the grass does too
G
The work is hard and the profits are few
A
To pay the taxes when they come due
D
Down on Lower 40
The Internal Revenue said
the tax was overdue
We would have to pay or else move away
They said it was a part of
a nationwide plan
G
They were gonna send a revenue man
A
to get the money
D
Or get that land called Lower 40
The tax man came just after
A
the rain to Lower 40
Pa said he'd shoot
D
if he put one boot on Lower 40
He said this land belongs to me,
G
I pay for it once and the title is free
A
If you don't leave it,
then there's gonna be
D
trouble on Lower Forty
The tax man frowned and put his
A
boot down on Lower Forty
Pa started shootin'
D
but he didn't hit nothin' but Lower 40
The sheriff came, took him away
G
Now we've got the tax
and he's bailed the pay
A
We had to do it, there's no other way
D
But mortgage old Lower 40
A
D
Forty acres of ground,
A
everybody around calls Lower Forty
You can always make a couple bales
D
to the acre on Lower Forty
The cotton grows tall but
the grass does too
G
The work is hard and the profits are few
A
To pay the mortgage when it comes due
Outro 1
Down on Lower 40
D
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