INTRO: G C (4x) G G There was a time G A simpler time D C-D-G When a man could be sure of where he stood G I used to work at the yard G Working honest and hard D C-D-G The hours were long, but the pay was good G I had a family and friends G So many friends D C-D-G We'd drive to the lake on holidays G Back then it wasn't so dear G For a sandwich or beer D C At night I still dream I can see their faces CHORUS: G C Certain things that you depend upon G C They were places that you'd known G And the faces of America D Em Oh oh, where do they go G G Where did they go G I was born on a farm G A mid-western farm D C-D-G I rode on the tractor with my dad G And though we never had much G It was always enough D C-D-G And we made the best with what we had G But then came four years of drought CG And the bottom dropped out D C-D-G My father was broken, like the rest G And I can still see his hands G Signing over his lands D C And the bankers grow fat on the flesh of the dispossessed CHORUS: G C Certain things that you depend upon G C There are places I can go G I sift the ashes of America D Em For someplace I used to know (someplace I used to know) D C Someplace I used to know (someplace I used to know) G Someplace I used to know INSTRUMENTAL: C G C G C G C G G There was a time G A simpler time D C-D-G When a man could be sure of where he stood G I used to work at the yard G Working honest and hard D C The hours were long, but the pay was oh, so good CHORUS: G C Certain things that you depend upon G C I used to think were guaranteed G Like the right of every man to work Em C And feed his family, and feed his family G C And the faces of America G C Seem so distant and estranged G Have their eyes become too blind to see D Em How much their hearts have changed (how much their hearts have changed) C How much their hearts have changed (how much their hearts have changed) G How much their hearts have changed OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##) CG