Lilies Of The Field(Chords)

	        

Intro: C 

                                         F 
Billy had a yearning and an ache inside 
                                                      C 
So he bought himself a Harley and he learned to ride 
                                                 F 
Purred just like a baby, low and sweet and true 
                                               C 
And he aimed it at the place where the blacktop turns to blue 


                                     F 
Penny was a waitress down in Tupelo 
                                                      C 
They said that she was trouble, I don't really know 
                                                           F 
But something in her spirit touched something in his soul 
                                         C 
And he took her to his heart and he never let her go 
           G                           Am                        F 
She said, 'If I had an ounce of courage, I would leave this town 
                         G 
Life'll get you nowhere 'til they put you in the ground' 


 
        C 
But the lilies of the field, they neither reap nor sow 
        F 
I wanna buy me a Winnebago and a map of Mexico 
   C                                                           F  
Go rolling down the highway where life's secrets are revealed 
                                   C               F   C 
Dancing in the wind like the lilies of the field 



                                        F 
Penny had a secret growing deep inside 
                                                     C 
And she'd never known a man to love another's child 
                                                   F 
Somewhere west of Tucson she just ran out of time 
                                      C 
So she made a quick decision and she made him walk the line 
           G                              Am                        F 
She said, 'If you had an ounce of courage, you would take a stand 
                          G 
Don't nobody argue with a pistol in your hand' 


 
        C 
Oh, the lilies of the field, they neither reap nor sow 
        F 
I wanna buy me a Winnebago and a map of Mexico 
   C                                                           F  
Go rolling down the highway where life's secrets are revealed 
                                   C               F   C   F   C 
Dancing in the wind like the lilies of the field 



                                           F 
Billy pleaded guilty, ninety-nine to life 
                                         C 
Penny disappeared into the desert night 
                                           F 
Then she took his pistol out on Highway 2 
                                                C 
And she aimed it at the place where the blacktop turns to blue 
           G                              Am                          F 
She said, 'If you had an ounce of courage, you would leave this town 
                          G 
Life'll get you nowhere 'til they put you in the ground' 


 
        C 
Oh, the lilies of the field, they neither reap nor sow 
        F 
I wanna buy me a Winnebago and a map of Mexico 
   C                                                           F  
Go rolling down the highway where life's secrets are revealed 
                                   C               F    
Dancing in the wind like the lilies of the field 
               C               F   C  
Like the lilies of the field

	        

Written by Gretchen Peters