Johnny Cash – Farmers Almanac chords

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
         EWell the farmer prayed for a better year
         AAnd the crops were good like the Lord did hear
        B7But his barn burnt down with winter near
     E              AThe answer came in white and black
B7                  EIn the farmer's almanac, it says
                              A        B7                       EIf a man could have half his wishes,    he could double his trouble

EA sweet old lady was eighty four
           AWhen her kinfolks came for a month or more
         B7Now from overworked she's on the other shore
E                    AMuch too late with ya'll come back
B7                              EAnd it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
              A         B7        EVisitors and fish smell after 3 days

[Verse 2]
EOur leader was a silver-tongued man
AHe deceived the people of the land
B7And when he got caught he couldn't stand
E                          AIt's a little off-beat and a little off-track
B7                                 EBut it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
                         A        B7                       EIn rivers and bad government, the lightest things float to the top

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[Verse 3]
ERod said I don't believe in God
ARod died and lies beneath the sod
B7Well God did not believe in Rod
E                       ALife is a troubled and a wearied track
B7                                  EBut it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
          A        B7                       EFeed your faith and your doubts will starve to death

[Verse 4]
EThe little boy followed the honey bee
AAnd it flew straight to the honey tree
B7He got stung but got the honey free
E                            AConsolation for the things you lack
B7                          EIs in the farmer's almanac, it says
       A        B7                       EGod gives us the darkness so we can see the stars

[Verse 5]
EHe came home 3 hours late from work
ASaid "I had a flat and fell in the dirt"
B7She said "and got lipstick on your shirt"
E                  AWell it turned out like Jill and Jack
B7                                   EAnd it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
              A        B7                       ELies have to be covered up, truth can run around naked

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[Verse 6]
EHe said honey you know I'm true
AI just look at other women that's all I do
B7Then she caught him with her best friend Peggy Sue
E                        ASometimes some women will look back
B7                                   EAnd it says in the farmer's almanac, it says
                  A        B7                       EThere is a lot of difference in window-shoppin' and shop-liftin'

[Verse 7]
EI sat down at a shoe-shine stand
AI had a real slow shoe-shine man
B7I said you don't pop that rag like some of 'em can
E                           AHe looked at me and then he said right back
B7                                   E"It says in the farmer's almanac, it says
                               A                 B7                       EThe trouble with the world today is there's too much poppin' and not enough shinin'"

[Outro]
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