John D Hale Band - More Than I Can Handle Chords

[Verse 1]
                    E
Well the banker man said we can't borrow no more
         D                     A          E
Well the feed man ?? there will be no more corn
                          E
There's not a bale in the loft, my cows skinny as a rail
         D                    A                     E
Well the pasture's are brown, this place looks like hell
 
 
[Chorus]
           D                            E
But I keep workin this land, there's no rest for the broke
  D                       E
I beg the banker man to defer another note
D                     E
Grounds too wet, it's too damn dry
   D                           E
My tractor just sits cause the diesel's too high
G                              A
Can't afford hay, I guess I'll sell my cattle
  E
I think this time around could be more than I can handle
 
 
[Verse 2]
                                  E
That's when the thangs was lookin up and in the spring it come a flood
               D                          A            E
Well it turned this prime farm ground into Mississippi mud
                         E
And in the summer came a sun, yeah and it dried up all the rain
        D                          A         E
And it didn't quit shinin' till it burned up everything
 
 
[Chorus]
           D                            E
But I keep workin this land, there's no rest for the broke
  D                       E
I beg the banker man to defer another note
D                     E
Grounds too wet, it's too damn dry
   D                           E
My tractor just sits cause the diesel's too high
G                              A
Can't afford hay, I guess I'll sell my cattle
  E
I think this time around could be more than I can handle
 
 
[Verse 3]
                                 E
Meanwhile the bills keep stackin up, collectors call me everyday
                D                        A              E
Well I'm in too deep to walk away and let the bank take everything
                            E
Well all I need is one good year, I'll dig myself out of the ditch
        D                                  A               E
Well my daddy made it look easy but lately farmin's been a b**ch
 
 
[Chorus]
           D                            E
But I keep workin this land, there's no rest for the broke
  D                       E
I beg the banker man to defer another note
D                     E
Grounds too wet, it's too damn dry
   D                           E
My tractor just sits cause the diesel's too high
G                              A
Can't afford hay, I guess I'll sell my cattle
  E
I think this time around could be more than I can handle
 
 
[Verse 4]
                         E
Well I can hear my daddy now, he'd kick the dirt and cuss the ground
         D                          A           E
He'd say "Someday ?? this farm will break a man down"
                  E
Lookin back on it now, well I only wish I woulda listened
           D                         A             E
Instead of saddlin' my life into this agricultural prison
 
 
[Chorus]
           D                            E
But I keep workin this land, there's no rest for the broke
  D                       E
I beg the banker man to defer another note
D                     E
Grounds too wet, it's too damn dry
   D                           E
My tractor just sits cause the diesel's too high
G                              A
Can't afford hay, I guess I'll sell my cattle
  E
I think this time around could be more than I can handle