Key: B major
Verse 1
B
F#
G#m
Being born in blocks of buildings
A
E
B
with a subway lullabye
F#
G#m
When I dreamed of Appalachia it was
A
E
B
dreams that had to die
G#m
F#
B
Coal train s wailing banjos
G#m
F#
B
frailing sounds escaping the night
A
E
B
Oh the face of Appalachia
A
E
Was there in that cold gray
A
E
B
In that cold gray apartment light
Verse 2
F#
G#m
I'd imagine somewhere
A
E
B
steep with waterfall
F#
G#m
Wild birds sing to a five string
A
E
B
Bouncing music off the mountains walls
Verse 3
F#
B
F#
banjos Frailing
G#m
F#
B
Sounds escaping thru the door
A
E
B
Oh the face of Appalachia
A
E
She was changing that's for sure
B
A
E
B
G#m
She was changing that's for sure
F#
B
Interlude 1
G#m
F#
B
A
E
B
A
E
B
Verse 4
B
F#
G#m
Grandpa made me quite a promise
A
E
B
For the day I came of age
A
E
B
Northern Georgia up to Maine
G#m
F#
B
Dreadful sorry my beloved
G#m
F#
B
Such a promise he could not keep
A
E
B
All my dreams of Appalachia
A
E
Were just an old man's memory
B
A
E
Were just an old man's memory
Outro 1
B
G#m
A
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB F# G#m A E
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