[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Em
Broken hands and broken dirt
Em
Can't complain, my bones hurt
G
Land is broke and seed is sown
G
It's the hardest work I've ever known
C
Build this house and plant a tree
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This will be my legacy
[Verse 2]
Em
School was missed, time after time
Em
For chores and work, but I didn't mind
G
Crops are in, and cows are fed
G
It's late, I'm beat, it's time for bed
C
I dream of things that you can't see
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This will be my legacy
[Verse 3]
Em
I grew up quick and found a wife
Em
My blistered hands, they've built a life
G
A cowboy's life though can be alone
G
But she's the best I've ever known
C
Barely holding on, but she's holding me
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We're gonna build a legacy
[Verse 4]
Em
Two hands are better than one, they say
Em
Kids are born, but we're going grey
G
The ranch has grown, more cattle now
G
Bills are paid with calf and cow
C
I see the light, I'm feeling free
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This feels like a legacy
[Verse 5]
Em
Hop on horses, cut some trails
Em
They say that daddy tells the tallest tales
G
'Bout cowboy life and common sense
G
Cut some logs and fix a fence
C
I hold my kids on my knee
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Yeah, this feels like a legacy
[Verse 6]
Em
They're all grown up now
Em
Weddings planned
Em
But a dark cloud grows upon a land
G
No kindness shown, no kindness given
G
There's new ideas and new opinions
C
It's too far gone for a correction
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Things are trending in the wrong direction
[Verse 7]
Em
As time goes by, now there's a need
Em
But it just hit a wall of greed
G
All your work should be for me
G
What about my sweat equity?
C
A hundred years of blood and sweat
D
Now filled with fear and past regret
C
Hands are out to take a token
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Now family's split, no words are spoken
[Verse 8]
Em
Once was my only obsession
Em
Has now been tied up in succession
G
All my effort, years of toil
G
Lawyers take my cash and soil
C
For years it never felt like labor
D
The ranch, till now, was in God's favor
C
To build this land for generations
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Now heartbreak plagues all my creation
[Verse 9]
Em
Tied up now with legal battles
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With who did what and worked the cattle
G
The joy once felt in unity
G
Has all been lost to lunacy
C
How dare you claim this all is yours
D
And start all of these crazy wars
C
I'm getting old, I'll soon decease
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Now I just wish to die in peace
[Verse 10]
Em
I've given up, nothing matters
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Can't live through this family disaster
G
I'm eighty-three, my body's worn
G
Sell it all, my heart is torn
C
Make your millions off my back
D
I think I feel a heart attack
C
Close my eyes, I'm finally free
D N.C. Em
There goes my legacy