Original Key:B
Capo:4th fret
Capo IV to match the recorded version on "What Else Can Go Right".
[Intro]
G D G
[Verse]
D
Now when us kids were younger worked every meal
C G D
Each morning at breakfast we get it for the field
G D
And daddy always planted more than we would need
C G D
He said you never know when there might be another mouth to feed
[Chorus]
C G
It rotted on the vine, it rotted on the vine
D
We had so much in the garden that it rotted on the vine
C G
It rotted on the vine, rotted on the vine
D G
We had so much in the garden that it rotted on the vine
[Verse]
D
When daddy died us kids took over Nelly and the plow
C G D
We were still too young to know so mama showed us how
G D
And we worked hard at harvest time but we just couldn't get it off
C G D
And before we knew it, it was time to put the plants out 'fore the fall
[Chorus]
C G
It rotted on the vine, it rotted on the vine
D
We had so much in the garden that it rotted on the vine
C G
It rotted on the vine, rotted on the vine
D G
We had so much in the garden that it rotted on the vine
[Interlude]
G G D D
C C G D
2x
[Verse]
G D
One by one us kids grew up and had families of our own
C G D
We all moved to the city left mama there alone
G D
I guess we just forgot about her with so much else to do
C G D
The doctor said she starved to death though the field was full of food
[Chorus]
C G
It rotted on the vine, it rotted on the vine
D
She had so much in the garden that it rotted on the vine
C G
It rotted on the vine, it rotted on the vine
D G
She had so much in the garden that it rotted on the vine
D G
There was so much food in the garden that it rotted on the vine
D G
There was plenty of food in the garden but it rotted on the vine
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