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Chris Stapleton - Scarecrow In The Garden Chords

Chord reference Am, C, G, F
Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Well he [Am]came from Northern [C]Ireland, searching [Am]for the free man’s [C]ground [Am]And he came to bet [C]his fortune, on a [G]West Virginia [Am]plow He [Am]built a house of [C]timber, and [Am]raised a redhead [C]son Then they [Am]worked the land [C]together, and [G]prayed the rain would [Am]come

There’s a [F]scarecrow in the [C]garden, that [G]looks like [Am]Lucifer And I’ve been [F]reading [Am]Revelations, with my [G]bare feet in the [Am]river

[C] [Am] Well the [Am]redhead’s son got [C]older, and [Am]took a brown eyed [C]wife And the [Am]fields were green as [C]dollars, ’cause the [G]dirt was black as [Am]night I [Am]came in late [C]September, the [Am]youngest one of [C]three And my [Am]sisters off and [C]married, so the [G]land was left to [Am]me

There’s a [F]scarecrow in the [C]garden, that [G]looks like [Am]Lucifer And I’ve been [F]reading [Am]Revelations, with my [G]bare feet in the [Am]river

I [G]know every single fencepost, every [F]rock that goes [Am]around I’ve been [G]staring at the red oak, where I [F]know they’ll lay me [Am]down The [Am]fields ain’t what they once [C]were, the [Am]rains just seem to [C]flood And I’ve been [Am]thinking about that [C]river, wondering [G]how it turned to [Am]blood

I’ve been [Am]sitting here all [C]morning, I was [Am]sitting here all [C]night There’s a [Am]bible in my left [C]hand, and a [G]pistol in my [Am]right

Album From a Room: Volume 2
Year 2017
Key Am

How to Play Scarecrow In The Garden on Guitar?

Chris Stapleton - Scarecrow In The Garden can be played in the key of Am using the Am, C, G, F chords.

  • For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
  • For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play Scarecrow In The Garden with the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.