CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: G C G C G C D GCDECDG 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 CHORUS: 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 CHORUS: 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 CHORUS: 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