verse 1 D A My Grandpa rode this yellow plain G D He told the sky when to make it rain Em And he taught the lightening Bm A G How to turn the night into the day D A And he would make the cloud ships form G D Then he'd escape into the storm Em Bm Then he'd reappear striking fear A G In every soldier's heartverse 2 D A When he let them have their way G D They divided him seven different ways Em So afraid were they Bm A G He would rise again and strike them down verse 3 D A Seven different soldiers acting alone G D Seven different graves whereabouts unknown Em Bm And one lone soldier came to bury A G His hands on the grasslandD G D A South of Rocky Ford on a sea of sand and grass D With no sign of island or shore G D A G There lies the grave of my Grandpa's handsInstrumental Break verse 4 D A A quarter moon grows out of time G D On a vanishing forest down an old fence line Em Sweet grass and timothy Bm A G As far as you can see the Comanche grasslandsD G D A South of Rocky Ford on a sea of sand and grass D With no sign of island or shore G D A G There lies the grave of my Grandpa's handsD G D A South of Rocky Ford on a sea of sand and grass D With no sign of island or shore G D A G There lies the grave of my Grandpa's hands