Adrienne Young / Mark D. Sanders

Capo 3rd Fret


G                                       C
Well I feel like a stranger in my own hometown
G                                               Em
There’s traffic in the air where there used to be the sound
G                                       C
Of tall trees growin’ and kids runnin’ wild
G                                               Em
Or maybe I was lookin’ through the eyes of a child
G
But I swear…

G
There used to be
D               G
Hills and hollers here
    Em                          C
Wild turkey and the white tailed deer
D                       G                       
Creeks runnin’ crystal clear
Em                                      C
Water on its way to the Gulf of Mexico
D                               G
Moonshine on the mountaintop
Em                                              C
Daddy sawin’ fiddle like he never gonna stop
D                       G
Lord, if these hills could talk
Em                      C               
They’d say sing me a song that goes
G  C Em                      C
Oh, mama leave the light on
G C Em         G                        D       G
Oh, shine like the sun on the shadows of history

They laid the first paved road back in ‘45
Now you gotta have wheels if you’re gonna survive
Black top over gravel
Gravel over mud
Seems the oil in our veins runs thicker than the blood
But I swear…

There used to be
Hills and hollers here
Wild turkey and the white tailed deer
Creeks runnin’ crystal clear
Water on its way to the Gulf of Mexico
Moonshine on the mountaintop
Daddy sawin’ fiddle like he never gonna stop
Lord, if these hills could talk
They’d say sing me a song that goes
Oh, mama leave the light on
Oh, shine like the sun on the shadows of history


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