nd Fret Intro: C G F C F C G F G F In Peterborough County there's a village in a valley C G F C Me, I have a farm at the top of the hill F C G F G F You can have your city streets and your backyards and your alleys C G F C Me, I have these green fields and I always will G C G C And I married out of high school to a girl I knew forever G C F And we settled in together and three children came G C G C And the life that we were living, was forgive and be forgiven G F C But whenever I saw sunshine, she could only see rain F C G F G F Left me standing in the cornfields, with the dry land all around me C G F C And I felt myself sinking like the setting sun F C G F G F And the sky was like the ocean, pouring down around me C G F C I used to be so proud and I was all undone INTERLUDE: C G F C F C G F G F So I kept on working my land, and I held on with both hands C G F C And I watched the seasons turning in the sky above F C G F G F And I worked beside my father and we bent our backs together C G F C And I wondered would I ever find someone to love G C G C But when I was good and ready, when I stood up strong and steady G C F Love came with the letters in the morning mail G C G C And I knew that I had found her when I put my arms around her G F C When I see her now in the morning, how that sunrise pales F C G F G F Leaves me standing in the cornfields, with the dry land all around me C G F C And I feel myself rising like the morning sun F C G F G F And the sky is like the ocean, wide and blue and rolling C G F C And I know that in my own heart, she's the only one F C G F G F In Peterborough County there's a village in a valley C G F C Me, I have a farm at the top of the hill F C G F G F You can have your city streets and your backyards and your alleys C G F C Me, I have these green fields and I always will OUTRO: C G F C
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