Apples In The Basket Chords & Lyrics - Gordon Bok

[INTRO]
[Am] [D] [G]

[VERSE]
The sun comes over the [C]top of the hill
[D]Shines on the fields I've [G]yet to till
My [C]bones are [G/B]weary, but I [Am]know I will
And [G]not just be[C]cause you [D]ask it

[VERSE]
[Em]Rake and hoe hung on [C]twenty-penny nails
[D]Milk lies sweet in a [G]dozen pails
[C]Hay piled [G/B]up in a [Am]hundred bales
And [D]apples in the [G]basket [Am] [D]

[VERSE]
A [G]house that's tight to the [C]wind and snow
A [D]barn that's full of the [G]things we grow [C]
Empty [G/B]purse, but [Am]I don't owe
A [G]thing to [C]any man [D]living

[VERSE]
A [Em]woman warm, a woman [C]kind
A [D]woman who knows her [G]own sweet mind
A [C]woman who [G/B]knows just [Am]what's behind
The [D]things that she's for[G]given [Am] [D]

[VERSE]
There's [G]branches on the [C]family tree
There's a [D]boy, a girl and a [G]baby's three
They [C]look like [G/B]her, they [Am]look like me
Like [G]folks that's [C]dead and [D]gone now

[VERSE]
But [Em]I don't care, we're [C]all the same
There's [D]none to bless and [G]none to blame
We're [C]doing it [G/B]in the [Am]family's name
The [D]work we carry [G]on now [Am] [D]

[VERSE]
The [G]old grey goose is on the [C]wing
But [D]he'll be back a[G]gain next spring
Each [C]year we [G/B]do the [Am]same old thing
And the [G]same old [C]wheel goes [D]spinning

[VERSE]
When the [Em]air is warm and the [C]earth is sweet
And the [D]good clean dirt is [G]on our feet
The [C]circle [G/B]comes a[Am]round complete
And the [D]end is the be[G]ginning [Am] [D]

[VERSE]
The [G]sun comes over the [C]top of the hill
[D]Shines on the fields I've [G]yet to till
My [C]bones are [G/B]weary, but I [Am]know I will
And [G]not just be[C]cause you [D]ask it

[VERSE]
[Em]Rake and hoe hung on [C]twenty-penny nails
[D]Milk lies sweet in a [G]dozen pails
[C]Hay piled [G/B]up in a [Am]hundred bales
And [D]apples in the [G]basket [Am] [D] [G]