Memories of growing up in 1930's during the great depression era

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Memories
Copyright by: Verne Garrison
January 01, 2009
Valley Park, Mo
Banjo Tuned E, Capo 2, Key of G

Memories

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If it wasnt for picking up coal
G
Along the railroad tracks
C
And picking up corn
G
And putting it in sacks
D7
It would have been a rough time
G
Growing up

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We needed the coal
G
To keep us warm
D7
And the sacks of corn,
G
They earned us some pay

C
Basic things were short
G
Never in good supply
D7
Nothing was taken for granted
G
It was so hard to get by

C
If we had a nickle
G
We were as rich as could be
D7
It never entered our minds
G
That others were better off than we

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But we stuck together
G
Through thick and thin
D7
Hoping things would get better
G
And they did, near the end

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Now all of the hard times
G
At last are behind me
D7
And the more that I ponder
G
They are pleasant memories

tag: And the more I ponder
They are pleasant memories....growing up during the depression