Sandy Loam Chords
by Walt Wilkins
Sandy Loam by Walt Wilkins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G, F and Bb. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
C C G F C C G F C Bb F C
C G F C
In my dreams I hear the wildcat whine
G F C
And I smell the rain on long-leaf pine
Bb F G
You know I toss and moan
C G F C
Outside my window is a flashing sign
G F C
It lights my room, ten steps by nine
Bb F C Bb F C
Sandy loam, sandy loam, I’m coming home
Bb F C
Sandy loam, is where I’m bound
Bb F C
That’s what I am, right down to the ground
Bb F C
That bottom land soil, they call black gold
Bb F G
Is calling me back home
C G F C C G F C Bb F C Bb F C
C G F C
It was a silver city on a silver screen
G F C
That took the mind of a child from his fields of green
Bb F G
A long time ago
C G F C
But that stone and steel is hard and cold
G F C
It's a chill I feel right down to my soul
Bb F C
Sandy loam, sandy loam, I’m coming home
Bb F C Bb F C Bb F C
Sandy loam, sandy loam, I’m coming home