CAPO: 2 

Intro: G  C  G  C  G  C  D 
       G  C  D  Em  C  D  G 

                   C 
When he was a boy, sitting in school 
D/F#                           G 
Staring out the windows at the fields he knew 
                          C 
All that he wanted was to be there too 
D/F#                            C       D 
Driving his tractor through the morning dew 


G                  C 
Dust from the sun, mud from the rain 
D/F#                       G 
Felt like an honour to him all the same 
                                C 
It's the simplest thing, he's a self taught man 
D/F#                         C           D 
He loves his work because he loves the land 

  

[Refrão]

      G           C     G          C      G 
He can change the hills, plant the trees 
        C     D                  G 
Dig the wells, spread the seeds 
        C      D           Em 
Mow the fields, plough the streets 
   C   D    G 
In his home town 


                          C 
When the seasons roll by, year into year 
     D/F#                         G 
He's worked all his life and he's worked right here 
                            C 
The winter's go slow if the snows don't come 
         D/F#                       C        D 
But it's soon to be summer when the tractors hum 



[Refrão]
 
      G           C     G          C      G 
He can change the hills, plant the trees 
        C     D                  G 
Dig the wells, spread the seeds 
        C      D           Em 
Mow the fields, plough the streets 
   C   D    G        C 
In his home town 


Bridge: 
                               G              C 
I've seen him do things I just can't believe 
             Am                    D        C 
Makes gentle giants of those big machines 
                          D     G    C 
He moves a boulder like a paper bag 
           Am                      D   
He moves a tree like it was all he had 
      G           C     
He can change the hills 


Instrumental: G  C  G  C   D  G  C  D  Em  C  D  G 


                                C 
And blessed is the soul who has truly found 
D/F#                           G 
Something to rest on while the world turns 'round 
                          C 
I think he'd say, this is how he feels 
         D/F#                       C         D 
When the dark earth is turning underneath his wheels 



[Refrão]

      G           C     G          C      G 
He can change the hills, plant the trees 
        C     D                  G 
Dig the wells, spread the seeds 
        C      D           Em 
Mow the fields, plough the streets 
   C   D    G  
In his home town 
   C   D    G  
In his home town