---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Buds - William Elliott Whitmore ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Steve Henderson Email: drtywrk_21@hotmail.com Tuning: standard Intro: G A C G 2x Verse: G A C Well the wind blows hard upon weepin' will hair and the red buds G G A sway in the breeze/ And if you listen real close you can hear the C G distant cry of a broken man on his knees. Chorus: C G And the rain beats hard on a poor man's head C G And the wind blows the nails out of the tin roof of shame A C G (A little hammer on pull And the water keeps on risin at the old homestead ...off on the A string) Verse: G A C Well if the corns knees high by the fourth of July and Mother Nature G G A smiles on us all/ And there's a ring around the moon and that means C G rain is comin' soon and we'll have a good harvest this fall. Chorus: C G And the rain beats hard on a poor on man's head C C And the wind blows the nails out of the tin roof of shame A C G And the moon keeps on shinin at the old homestead Verse: G A C Well the wind blows through the wheat field at night and it plays a G G A lonely tune/ And the bones clatter in the trees waving endless summer C G breeze/ Well there ain't nothin like Lee County in June Chorus: C G And the rain beats hard on a poor man's head C G And the wind blows the nails out of the tin roof of shame A C G And the river keeps on flowin at the old homestead