Lagu berdurasi empat menit tersebut diproduseri oleh Trent Willmon dan dirilis pada tahun 2023 melalui label Warner Records.
“Dirt Cheap” dimuat sebagai trek kelima dalam album studio kedelapan Johnson yang bertajuk Leather.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Dirt Cheap” dari Cody Johnson:
Capo 1
[Intro]
C Cm C
[Verse]
C
They came in thinkin' top dollar
Em
To that old cotton crop farmer
F
They knocked on his screen door and he said
C
"Lord, what you need, boys?" And they said
C
"You know all the others went and cashed out
Em
They got the subdivision all mapped out
F
It'll sit right here on this land
C
And you can leave town a rich man"
G F
And he said, "Boys, whatever you're offerin', it won't be enough
[Chorus]
C
'Cause I got a little girl that used to swing right there
Em
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
F
She's in the big city, but she still calls home
What's she gonna do if she comes back and we're gone?
C
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Em
Beneath the cross is where my best buddy's buried
F
It lasted thirteen huntin' season runnin' strong
Keep your money 'cause a man can't leave his dog
Am G F
And over there is where I got down on one knee
F G C
You can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
[Verse]
C
One man smiled and he kinda looked away
Em
The other said, "Before we go, I gotta know one thing
F
Between the droughts and the floods through all the years
What in the world got you through?
How the hell'd you get here?" And he said
[Chorus]
C
"That little girl that used to swing right there
Em
I still see her pink bow in her brown hair
F
Runnin' up after one of them long days
A big smile makin' every litttle worry fade
C
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Em
Beneath the cross where my best buddy's buried
F
All them huntin' seasons freezin' in a Jon boat
Me and him, double-barrel and a two-stroke
Am G F
And that woman that said 'yes' when I got down on one knee
F G C
Yeah you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
[Break]
Am
No, it ain't somethin' you fall into
G
It's somethin' God gives you
F
And you hold on to
[Chorus]
C
Just like that little girl that used to swing right there
C Em
Still see her pink bow in her brown hair
Em F
She's in the big city now, but she still calls home
She's comin' back next week and, man, it's been too long
C
And over there, under that wide oak tree
Em
Beside the cross where my best buddy's buried
F
Lays a puppy posted up in the shade
That woman never could turn away a stray
Am G F
I guess that's why she said 'yes' when I got down on one knee
Am G F
Oh, long as all this is here, why the hell would I ever leave?
G C
Yeah you can't buy that kind of dirt cheap"
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