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From The Old Mill
Recorded by Red Steagall
Written by Dale Burson and Russell D. Steagall
 
G7   C              G7          F        C
As I change out the head on the old mill today
    F             C               G7
I'm filled with a strong sense of pride
   Am         F             C           F
My granddaddy set this mill back in the 30's
         C           G7        C
When his pasture was dusty and dry
 
                    G7      F            C
From the top of the tower I surveyed the country
   F             C         G7
He carved out of wide open range
   Am           F               C           F
He lived to see big spreads cut up in small pieces
      C              G7          C
I can still hear him cussing the change
 
   Am                        F           C
My granddad was cowboy clean down to the bone
   Em                    F
My dad was cut from that mold
                   G7        C        F
And I treasure the values of four generations
        C            G7     C   G7
As they lived by the cowboy code
 
   C       G7     F                 C
My dad saw cowboy youth pick up the traces 
    F           C          G7
His chuck wagon covered in sand
   Am             F        C            F
He watched creeks dry up because of the cedar
        C                 G7          C
And the mesquite thickets conquer his land
 
                G7        F               C
As I sit on the tower and look across the pasture
  F           C            G7
I wonder what changes I'll find
        Am         F           C                F
And the wife and I weather the droughts and low prices
        C              G7             C
Will my grand children ranch in their time
 
          Am                      F           C
Will they want to be cowboy clean down to the bone
          Em                     F
Will they brag about horses they rode
                    G7           C        F
Will they value the hard work of five generations
          C           G7       C
Will they live by the cowboy's rules
 
F                  G7           C        F
Will the value the hard work of five generations
          C           G7     C
Will they live by the cowboy code
F         C           G7     C
Will they live by the cowboy code

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