Key = C > D Intro = C - C - F - F - G7 - G7 - C - G7 C F The Blood Red Sun Beat Down And Baked The Red Clay Ground G7 C Dust Kicked Up Around His John Deere Wheels F No Trace Of Rain In Sight A-gain He'll Lose The Fight G7 C And Have To Watch His Crops Die In The Fields F They Stood There Both In Tears --- His Wife Of Many Years G7 C Said John You Know I Hate To Lose Our Farm F He Looked Into Her Eyes Then Looked Up At The Skies G7 C G7 And Told Her As He Held Her In His Arms Chorus: C F In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero G7 C G7 Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be C C7 F I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row G7 C G7 In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me C F The Muscles In His Arms Just Like His Run Down Farm G7 C Soon Withered And Slowly Disap-peared F One Hard Workin' Man --- Two Hard Workin' Hands G7 C G7 Were Givin' Up After All These Years C F His Aging Eyes Grew Dim And The Lady That Worshipped Him G7 C Sat Cryin' On A Chair Beside His Bed F Her Hands Caressed His Brow And She Said It's Alright Now G7 C G7 And As He Slowly Slipped Away He Said C F In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero G7 C G7 Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be C C7 F I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row G7 C A7 In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me D G In My Next Life I Want To Be Your Hero A7 D A7 Somethin' Better Than I Turned Out To Be D D7 G I've Lived This Life Behind The Plough And Hay Row A7 D In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me A7 D (D - A7 - D - Stop) In My Next Life I'll Make You Proud Of Me