Dm [Verse] Bb Dm C Bb I remember the dark clouds raining dust for days on end Bb C Dm Blew all the Earth out to California C Bb Just left us here with the wind Bb Dm Desperate times, you know everbody's part C Bb It's your own lines you'd like to forget Bb C Dm Till what you were meets what you've now become C Bb Dm And grins and says Hey, haven't we met Dm Am Bb F C Dm [Verse] Bb Dm Lost my first born that Winter C Bb My wife on the first day of Spring Bb C Dm So I poured my sweat to the Earth C Bb to see what that harvest would bring Bb Dm And I remember how the fury C Bb just like a plague of locusts Bb C Dm Egypt's punishment for sins of pride C Bb Is that now what has come over us Bb Dm C How much of this was meant to be Dm C Bb How much the work of the Devil C Dm Bb How far can one man's eyes really see Dm C Bb Dm In these days of toil and trouble Dm Am Bb F C Dm [Verse] Bb Dm Honey, we're all resplendent, C Bb Yeah honey, we are all thrift store C Dm Like a wine-o with a $20 bill C Bb Yeah, forever and eternally yours Bb Dm And I can make you promises C Bb If you don't expect too much, Bb C Dm Yes, and I will run the distance C Bb If you'll please, please excuse my crutch Bb Dm C How much of this was meant to be Dm C Bb How much the work of the Devil C Dm Bb How far can one man's eyes really see Dm C Bb In these days of toil and trouble Bb Dm C How much of this is failing flesh Dm C Bb How much a course of retribution Bb C Dm Bb My, my, how loudly we plead our innocence Dm C Bb Dm Long after we made our contribution