Homegrown Tomatoes
Guy Clark

Recorded in C major at 170 BPM

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There's nothing in the world that I like better
     F
Than bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes
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Up in the morning and out in the garden
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Pick you a ripe one, don't get a hard one

C
Plant them in the springtime eat them in the summer
    F
All winter without them is a culinary bummer
  G
I forget all about all the sweating and the digging
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Every time I go out and pick me a big one

C
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
F
What would life be without homegrown tomatoes?
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There's only two things that money can't buy
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That's true love and homegrown tomatoes

BREAK ONE VERSE

C
You can go out and eat them, that's for sure,
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But there's nothing a homegrown tomato won't cure
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You can put them in a salad, put them in a stew
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You can make  your very own tomato juice

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You can eat them with eggs - You can eat them with gravy
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You can eat them with beans - pinto or navy
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Put them on the side, put them on the middle
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Homegrown tomatoes on a hotcake griddle

C
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
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What would life be without homegrown tomatoes?
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There's only two things that money can't buy
C                    G
That's true love and homegrown tomatoes

BREAK ONE VERSE

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If I could change this life I lead
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You could call me Johnny Tomato Seed
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I know what this country needs
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It's homegrown tomatoes in every yard you see

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When I die don't bury me
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In a box in a cold, dark cemetery
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Out in the garden would be much better
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Where I could be pushing up homegrown tomatoes

C
Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes
F
What would life be without homegrown tomatoes?
G
There's only two things that money can't buy
C                    G
That's true love and homegrown tomatoes

BREAK ON VERSE TWICE AND END ON C