{"id":28021,"date":"2026-01-03T22:18:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28021"},"modified":"2026-01-03T22:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T22:18:42","slug":"homegrown-tomatoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/homegrown-tomatoes\/","title":{"rendered":"Homegrown Tomatoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Denver<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<pre style=\"font-size: 13px;\" class=\"xNWlr hjutX PBFx0\">[Verse 1]\r\n         <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nThere's nothin in the world that I like better\r\n       <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nThan bacon and lettuce and homegrown tomatoes\r\n   <span data-name=\"G7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G7<\/span>\r\nUp in the morning out in the garden\r\n   <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nPick you a ripe one, don't get a hard 'un\r\n    <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nPlant em in the spring, eat em in the summer\r\n     <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nAll winter without em's a culinary bummer\r\n       <span data-name=\"G7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G7<\/span>\r\nI  forget all about the sweatin and the diggin\r\n       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nEvery time I go out and pick me a big 'un\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n    <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nHomegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes,\r\n    <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nWhat'd life be without homegrown tomatoes,\r\n    <span data-name=\"G7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G7<\/span>\r\nThere's only two things that money can't buy:\r\n       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nTrue love and homegrown tomatoes.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n        <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nYou can go out and eat em, that's for sure\r\n      <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nBut there's nothin a home grown tomato won't cure\r\n     <span data-name=\"G7\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">G7<\/span>\r\nPut em in a salad, put em in a stew\r\n       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nYou can make your own, your very own tomato juice\r\n       <span data-name=\"C\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">C<\/span>\r\nYou can eat em with eggs, you can eat em with gravy\r\n       <span data-name=\"F\" style=\"color: var(--ug-color-text-primary);\" class=\"iGhjU xXjiq VcfKs\">F<\/span>\r\nYou can eat em with beans, pinto or navy\r\n     G7\r\nPut em on the side, put em in the middle\r\n     C\r\nHome grown tomatoes on a hot cake griddle\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n    C\r\nHomegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes,\r\n    F\r\nWhat'd life be without homegrown tomatoes,\r\n    G7\r\nThere's only two things that money can't buy:\r\n       C\r\nTrue love and homegrown tomatoes.\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n     C\r\nIf I could change this life I lead\r\n    F\r\nYou could call me Johnny Tomatoseed\r\n      G7\r\nCuz I know what this country needs\r\n     C\r\nIt's home grown tomatoes in every yard you see.\r\n     C\r\nWhen I die don't bury me\r\n     F\r\nIn a box in a cold dark cemetery\r\n     G7\r\nOut in the garden would be much better\r\n     C\r\nWhere I could be a pushin' up the home grown tomatoes.\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n    C\r\nHomegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes,\r\n    F\r\nWhat'd life be without homegrown tomatoes,\r\n    G7\r\nThere's only two things that money can't buy:\r\n       C\r\nTrue love and homegrown tomatoes. 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