Half Mile Down Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][C][G]

[Verse 1]
They come [G]down
from Washington City
To our [C]Blue Ridge Mountain [G]home
And [D]across that crooked river
To [C]the valley down be[G]low

[Verse 2]
I was [G]swimmin' in that water
When they [C]came up to [G]the shore
Say[D]in' sorry son this won't be
Dry [C]land here anymore
[G]

[Verse 3]
Yes [D]and my home town
Is a [C]half mile [G]down
It's a [C]half mile o' water
All around, all [G]around
[D]My home town is a [C]half mile [G]down

[Interlude 1]
[D][C][G]

[Verse 4]
First they [G]started their surveyin'
And [C]makin' up their [G]plans
[D]To flood that peaceful valley
Just to [C]build Watauga [G]dam
Oh they brought in their bulldozers
And [C]pushed our homes [G]away
[D]And they handed me a shovel
And [C]sixty cents a [G]day
[D]Singin'

[Verse 5]
my home town
Is a [C]half mile [G]down
It's a [C]half mile o' water
All around, all [G]around
[D]My home town is a [C]half mile [G]down

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][D][C][G]
[C][G][D][C]
[G]

[Verse 6]
So they [D]stripped out all the timber
And they [C]leveled all the [G]land
And [D]they drilled and dynamited
'til [C]they blew the mountains [G]in
I [Em]tore down my old homeplace
And I [A]dug up Daddy's grave
[C]And I relocated Momma
[D]to 14 miles away

[Verse 7]
[D]
Now I [G]look down on the water
That [C]rose up on that [G]day
By the [D]banks of the old Watauga
Where [C]I once used to play
[G]

[Verse 8]
Yes I look out on that water
Where they [C]made their big mis[G]take
[D]And covered up our hometown
'neath the [C]godforsaken lake
[G]

[Verse 9]
[D]Singin' my home town
Is a [C]half mile [G]down
It's a [C]half mile of water
All around, all [G]around
[D]My home town
Is a [C]half mile [G]down
It's [C]a half mile of water
All around, all [G]around
[D]My home town is [C]a half mile [G]down

[Outro 1]
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