Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Dusty old farmer out workin' your fields

 Hangin' down over your tractor wheels

 The sun beatin' down turns the red paint to orange

 And rusty old patches of steel

 There's no farmer songs on that car radio

 Just cowboys, truck drivers and pain

 Well this is my way to say thanks for the meal

 And I hope there's no shortage of rain

Chorus

Straw hat and old dirty hankies

Moppin' a face like a shoe

Thanks for the meal here's a song that is real

 From a kid from the city to you

Repeat chorus

The combines gang up, take most of the bread

Things just ain't like they used to be

Though your kids are out after the American dream

And they're workin' in big factories

If I come by, when you're out in the sun

Can I wave at you just like a friend?

These days when everyone's takin' so much

There's somebody givin' back in

Chorus

x2)

Thanks to the version from Dan Nicholas of old Arnprior, with minor corrections.