Heartland

Written by Bob Dylan and Willie Nelson
Released on Willie Nelson's album Across the Borderline
Tabbed by Eyolf Østrem

There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland,

And the bankers are takin' my home and my land from me. 

There's a big achin' hole in my chest now where my heart was, 

And a hole in the sky where God used to be.


There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland,  
There's a well with water so bitter nobody can drink. 
Ain't no way to get high and my mouth is so dry that I can't speak. 
Don't they know that I'm dyin', why nobody cryin' for me? 

My American dream 
Fell apart at the seams. 
You tell me what it means, 
You tell me what it means. 

There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland, 
The bankers are takin' my home and my land away. 
There's a young boy closin' his eyes tonight in the heartland
Who will wake up a man with a home and a loan he can't pay. 

His American dream 
Fell apart at the seams. 
You tell me what it means, 
You tell me what it means. 
My American dream 
Fell apart at the seams. 
You tell me what it means, 
You tell me what it means. 

There's a home place under fire tonight in the heartland.... 
   [REPEAT AND FADE]