Chord Where Grass Wont Grow by George Jones

where grass won’t grow D G D the dirt was clay an’ was the color of the blood in me . G A a twelve acre farm on a ridge in south tennessee . Bm A we left our sweat all over that land , G D behind a mule we watched grow old , row after row . G A D trying to grow corn an’ cotton on ground so poor that grass won’t grow . move up measure to D# there was one old store in the holler we all called town . it belonged to a gentle old man named henry brown . he gave us credit in the winter time , so we could live through the cold , when the winds brought snow . trying to grow corn an’ cotton on ground so poor that grass won’t grow . move up measure to E the one i loved walked through those fields with me . a hard workin’ woman , true as one could be . but then one year , death was goin’ round , and swiftly took it’s toll . janie had to go . now she lies asleep under ground so poor that grass won’t grow . move up measure to F as i stand here looking over this part of tennessee , the fields are bare as far as the eye can see . and over the ground where janie lies , there’s a beautiful sight to behold and no one knows , why there’s flowers growin’ on ground so poor that grass won’t grow . . .