Floodplain Cifras

[Intro]
C Am   F G C
 
[Verse 1]
C            G
Here in the floodplain
                C
Our men die too young
                        G              G7
Smoking and drinking to quiet the pain
                 C                    C7
Of back breaking days out in the sun
                 F
From here to the crossroads
              Am
Our women are strong
                G
They bury their husbands
              C
And grow old alone
 
[Verse 2]
C           G
Here in the floodplain
                C
Our winters are hard
                 G      G7
We string up our tinsel
                 C      C7
And light up the yard
             F
The winds of December
                   Am
Cut through to the bone
             G
Christmas is coming
                  C      C7
Then Christmas is gone
 
[Chorus]
             F
Here in the floodplain
                Am
Our winters are long
    G
We pack up our lights and our tinsel
             F                        G
And drag the manger scene in off the lawn
                 C
From here to the crossroads
             Am
You gotta be strong
     G
The sun don’t shine for days at time
    F                      G        C
But somehow we always keep carrying on
 
[Verse 3]
C           G
Here in the floodplain
                C
Our winters are dark
           G       G7
Muddy and lifeless
           C      C7
Barren and stark
                   F
In the heat of the summer
                Am
We pray for the fall
                   G
In the dead of the winter
            C      C7
God help us all
 
[Chorus]
             F
Here in the floodplain
                Am
Our winters are long
   G
We hand out our hearts and our candy
              F                        G
And watch the freezing rain glaze over lawn
                  C
From here to the crossroads
             Am
You gotta be strong
    G
The sun don’t shine for days at time
    F                      G        C
But somehow we always keep carrying on
 
[Verse 4]
C            G
Mountain and river
          C
Ocean and sky
                    G      G7
You’re born and you marry
                 C      C7
You work and you die
            F
Remember me always
                Am
As a morning in May
                       G
As the first breath of April
                      C   C7
As the first light of day
 
[Chorus]
            F
Here in the floodplain
                  Am
It’s the cycle of life
    G
But I can’t bear the thought of the woman I love
    F                        G
All alone in that big bed at night
                 C
As hair turns to silver
                 Am
Our families are strong
    G
The sun don’t shine for days at a time
    F                      G        C
But somehow we always keep carrying on
         Am
Carrying on
F                      G        C
Somehow we always keep carrying on
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