Rain On The Scarecrow Chords by John Mellencamp

[Verse]

[Intro]
F#m F#m7 F#m F#7 F#m A F#m A
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F#m A F#m
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[Verse]
               A            F#m              A   
Scarecrow on a wooden cross blackbird in the barn
F#m                A          F#m           A   
Four hundred empty acres that used to be my farm
F#m             A            F#m                  A   
Grew up like my daddy did my grandpa cleared this land
F#m               A                      F#m          A      
When I was five I walked the fence while grandpa held my hand


[Chorus]
D                    
Rain on the scarecrow
E                
Blood on the plow
D                     
This land fed a nation
E                      
This land made me proud
    E                 
And son I'm just sorry
           D                 
There's no legacy for you now
F#m         A        
Rain on the scarecrow
F#m          F#m7 F#m
Blood on the plow ■  
            A        
Rain on the scarecrow
F#m              
Blood on the plow


[Verse]
                       A              F#m               A    
The crops we grew last summer weren't enough to pay the loans
F#m                      A                     F#m               A         
Couldn't buy the seed to plant this spring and the Farmers' Bank foreclosed
F#m                  A           F#m                A   
Called my old friend Schepman up to auction off the land
        F#m               A         F#m      A         
He said John it's just my job and I hope you understand
F#m                 A            F#m                A    
Hey calling it your job ol' hoss sure don't make it right
       F#m                 A            F#m           A      
But if you want me to I'll say a prayer for your soul tonight


[Chorus]
D                                             E                
And Grandma's on the front porch swing with a Bible in her hand
D                                    E                   
Sometimes I hear her singing Take me to the Promised Land
                                            D                       
When you take away a man's dignity he can't work his fields and cows
            F#m          A        
There'll be blood on the scarecrow
F#m              
Blood on the plow
             F#m7     
Blood on the scarecrow
F#m7             
Blood on the plow


[Solo]
F#m F#7 F#m7 F#m D E D E
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D E F#m
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[Verse]
C#           F#m         A                                     
Well there's ninetyseven crosses planted in the courthouse yard
    F#m                                            
And ninetyseven families who lost ninetyseven farms
                 A      
I think about my grandpa
F#m                 A   
My neighbors and my name
F#m                     F#m7 
Some nights I feel like dyin'
          F#m              D   
Like that scarecrow in the rain


[Chorus]
     D               
Rain on the scarecrow
E                
Blood on the plow
D                     
This land fed a nation
         E                 
Hey this land made me proud
    E                 
And son I'm just sorry
             D                   
There's just memories for you now
F#m         A        
Rain on the scarecrow
F#m              
Blood on the plow
            A        
Rain on the scarecrow
F#m              
Blood on the plow
D                    
Rain on the scarecrow
E                
Blood on the plow
     D                
This land fed a nation
E                         
This land made me so proud
E                 
Son I'm just sorry
             D                   
They're just memories for you now
F#m         A        
Rain on the scarecrow
F#m              
Blood on the plow
F#m                  
Rain on the scarecrow


[Outro]
                      A F#m
Blood on the plow hey ■ ■