Edwin McCain

^{Cadd9 - Dsus2 - A7sus4 - Gadd9 - Cadd9 - Dsus2}
Verse
Well I ^G packed all of my things into this ^Cadd9 blanket
To ^Em7/G call this year to earn coyotes ^Dsus2 fill
Kiss my ^Asus4 wife and kids goodbye ^Gadd9 choke back the ^Cadd9 quiver in my breath
And ^Em7 took my first steps into this ^Dsus2 corridor of death ^Dsus2
If I'm ^Asus4 lucky I will make it ^Gadd9 to a ^Cadd9 drain
With ^Em7/G 500 of my brothers, ^Dsus2 I would share the strain
Of ^Asus4 standing in this bo ^Gadd9 xcar ^Cadd9 praying for rain
It's the ^Em7 only the way we will quench our ^Dsus2 thirst
Chorus
In these gardens of ^Cadd9 white c ^Dsus4 rosses
^G Growing in the ^GMaj9 California s ^Em7/G and
In these gardens of w ^Cadd9 hite c ^Dsus4 rosses
We are the ^Cadd9 children of povert ^Gadd9 y ^Cadd9 trying to a ^Dsus2 make a st ^Em7/G and
Verse
If we ^G make it past the border, we will s ^Cadd9 catter
^Em7/G Vanish just like smoke in autumn w ^Dsus2 ind
I will ^Asus4 run until my color wil ^Gadd9 l not ^Cadd9 matter
Hopi ^Em7 n' I can find some work or ^Dsus2 possibly a friend
There are ^Asus4 others who have made it h ^Gadd9 ere ^Cadd9
They will show me how to find a ^Em7/G job and a place to lay my h ^Dsus2 ead
And I ^Asus4 cannot be concerned ^Gadd9 with ^Cadd9 dreams of my children
For ^Em7 there are 5 others in ^Dsus2 line for my bed
Chorus
In these gardens of ^Cadd9 white c ^Dsus4 rosses
^G Growing in the ^GMaj9 California s ^Em7/G and
In these gardens of w ^Cadd9 hite c ^Dsus4 rosses
We are the ^Cadd9 children of povert ^Gadd9 y ^Cadd9 trying to a ^Dsus2 make a st ^Em7/G and
I will ^G gladly pick your peaches or ^Cadd9 clean your hotel rooms
^Em7/G I will do the jobs Am ^Dsus2 erican won't do
With their ^A7sus4 cell phones to their heads and ^Gadd9 $700 ^Cadd9 dollar shoes
^Em7 I will risk my life ‘cause it's ^Dsus2 all I have to lose ^Dsus2
Let the ^G devil in the mountains ^Cadd9 promise me a ride
^Em7 Found an 18 wheeler and put ^Dsus2 all of us inside
And ^Asus4 just outside of victory, ^Cadd9 19 of us died
^Em7 None of our bodies hit the floo ^Dsus2 r
And so my ^Asus4 wife she still wonder ^Gadd9 s ^Cadd9 when I'm coming home
The ^Em7 riches that I promised her for ^Dsus2 leaving her alone
I said that ^Asus4 I would send her all that I ^Gadd9 could ^Cadd9 save
But I ^Em7 ended up in California ^Dsus2 in an unknown grave
Chorus
In these gardens of ^Cadd9 white c ^Dsus4 rosses
^G Growing in the ^GMaj9 California s ^Em7/G and
In these gardens of w ^Cadd9 hite c ^Dsus4 rosses
We are the ^Cadd9 children of povert ^Gadd9 y ^Cadd9 dying to a ^Dsus2 make a st ^Em7/G and
In these gardens of ^Cadd9 white c ^Dsus4 rosses
^G Growing in the ^GMaj9 California s ^Em7/G and
In these gardens of w ^Cadd9 hite c ^Dsus4 rosses
We are the ^Cadd9 children of povert ^Gadd9 y ^Cadd9 dying to a ^Dsus2 make a st ^Em7/G and
E ^3/4 m7/G - C ^1/4 add9 - ^3/4 G - C ^1/4 add9 (reapeat that fading out.)
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