Decoration Day chords by Drive-By Truckers
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (G major) (D major) (E minor) (D major)
(E minor) (G major)
It's Dec (D major) oration Day
Verse 1
(E minor)
(G major) And I've a (D major) mind to
roll a stone (E minor) on his grave
(G major) But what would (D major) he say (E minor)
(D major) "Keeping me down,
boy, won't (E minor) keep you away"
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Verse 2
(G major) It's Dec (D major) oration Day (E minor)
And (G major) I knew the Hill (D major) Boys
would (E minor) put him away
But my (G major) Daddy was (D major) n't afraid (E minor)
He said "We'd (D major) fight till the last
Lawson's (E minor) last living day"
Verse 3
(G major) I never knew (D major) how it (E minor) all got star (B minor) ted
A (G major) problem with (D major) Holland be
(E minor) fore we were born (B minor) (E minor)
(B minor) And I (G major) don't know the name (D major) of
that boy (E minor) we tied down
And beat (D major) 'til he just
couldn't walk (E minor) anymore
Verse 4
But (G major) I know the caliber (D major)
(E minor) in daddy's chest
And I (G major) know what (D major) Holland Hill (E minor) drives
The (G major) state let him go, (D major)
but I guess (E minor) it was best
'Cause nobody (D major) needs (F sharp minor) all us (E minor) Lawson's
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alive
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Verse 5
(G major) Daddy said (D major) one of the boys (E minor)
had come by
(B minor) The lum (G major) ber man's (D major) favorite son (E minor)
He said (G major) "Beat him real good, (D major)
but don't dare (E minor) let him die
And if you (D major) see Holland Hill (E minor) run"
(B minor) Now I
Verse 6
(G major) said, "They (D major) ain't give
us (E minor) trouble before
(B minor) That we (G major) ain't brought
down (D major) on ourselves" (E minor)
(B minor) But a chain (G major) on my (D major) back
and my ear (E minor) to the floor (B minor)
(E minor) And I'll (D major) send all the Hill Boys to hell (E minor)
I'll (D major) send all the Hill Boys (E minor) to (B minor) hell
Interlude 2
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(G major) (D major) (E minor)
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Verse 7
It's Decoration Day (E minor)
(G major) And I've got a fam (D major) ily
in Mo (E minor) bile Bay
And they've (B minor) (G major) never seen my (D major)
daddy's (E minor) grave
But that don't (D major) bother me,
it ain't marked (E minor) anyway
(D major) 'Cause
Verse 8
(G major) I got dead (D major) brothers
in (E minor) Lauderdale South
And (G major) I got dead (D major) brothers
in (E minor) East Tennessee
(B minor) My (G major) Daddy got shot (D major) right
in front (E minor) of his house
He had no (D major) one to fall on but me (E minor)
Verse 9
(G major) It's Decor (D major) ation Day (E minor)
(G major) And I've a mind (D major) to go spit (E minor) on his grave
If (G major) I was a Hill,
I'd have put (E minor) him away
And I'd (D major) fight 'til the last
Lawson's (E minor) last living day
I'd (D major) fight 'til the last
Lawson's (E minor) last living day
I'd (D major) fight 'til the last (F sharp minor) Lawson's (D major) (E minor) last living day
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Decoration Day
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