Chords for Half Mile Down

_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ They come down from Washington City to [C] our Blue Ridge [G] Mount home
[D] And across that crooked river [C] to the valley [G] down below
_ _ I was swimming in that water when [C] they came up [G] to the shore
[D] Saying, sorry son, this won't be [C] dry land here [G] anymore
_ [D] Yes, and my hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
[C] It's a half mile of water all around, [G] all around
[D]
My hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
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First they started their surveying [C] and making up [G] their plans
[D] To flood that peaceful [A] valley just a mild walk [G] talking down
_ Oh, they brought in their bulldozers [C] and pushed our [G] homes away
[D] And they handed me a shovel [Am] and sixty [G] cents a day
[D] Singing, my hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
[C] It's a half mile of water all around, [G] all around
[D] My hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
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_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] they stripped out all the timber [A] and they leveled [G] all the land
[D] And they drilled and dynamited [C] till they blew the [G] mountains in
[Bm] I tore down my old home place [A] and I dug up daddy's grave
[C] And I relocated mama [D] to fourteen miles away _
_ Now [G] I look out on the water [C] that rose up on [G] that day
[D] By the banks of the old Watauga [A] where I once [G] used to play
Yes, I look out on that water where [C] they made their [G] big mistake
[D] And covered up our [A] hometown beneath that [G] godforsaken lake
[D] Singing, my hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
[C] It's a half mile of water all around, [G] all around
[D]
My hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
[C] It's a half mile of water all around, [G] all around
[D]
My hometown [C] is a half [G] mile down
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