Half Mile Down chords by Old Crow Medicine Show
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 1
They come down (G major)
from Washington City
To our Blue (C major) Ridge Mountain home (G major)
And across (D major) that crooked river
To the valley (C major) down be (G major) low
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Verse 2
I was swimmin' (G major) in that water
When they came (C major) up to (G major) the shore
Sayin' (D major) sorry son this won't be
Dry (C major) land here anymore
(G major)
Verse 3
Yes (D major) and my home town
Is a (C major) half mile down (G major)
It's a (C major) half mile o' water
All around, all around (G major)
(D major) My home town is a (C major) half mile (G major) down
Interlude 1
(D major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 4
First they started (G major) their surveyin'
And makin' (C major) up their plans (G major)
(D major) To flood that peaceful valley
Just to (C major) build Watauga dam (G major)
Oh they brought in their bulldozers
And pushed (C major) our homes away (G major)
(D major) And they handed me a shovel
And sixty (C major) cents a (G major) day
Singin' (D major)
Verse 5
my home town
Is a (C major) half mile down (G major)
It's a (C major) half mile o' water
All around, all around (G major)
My (D major) home town is a (C major) half mile down (G major)
Interlude 2
(C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 6
So they (D major) stripped out all the timber
And they (C major) leveled all the (G major) land
And they drilled (D major) and dynamited
'til they blew (C major) the mountains (G major) in
I tore (E minor) down my old homeplace
And I (A major) dug up Daddy's grave
(C major) And I relocated Momma
to (D major) 14 miles away
Verse 7
(D major)
Now I (G major) look down on the water
That rose (C major) up on that day (G major)
By the (D major) banks of the old Watauga
Where I (C major) once used to play
(G major)
Verse 8
Yes I look out on that water
Where they made (C major) their big mis (G major) take
(D major) And covered up our hometown
'neath the god (C major) forsaken lake
(G major)
Verse 9
Singin' (D major) my home town
Is a (C major) half mile (G major) down
It's a (C major) half mile of water
All around, all around (G major)
My (D major) home town
Is a (C major) half mile (G major) down
It's a half (C major) mile of water
All around, all around (G major)
My (D major) home town is a half (C major) mile (G major) down
Outro 1
(D major) (G major)
Half Mile Down
Old Crow Medicine Show
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