Laid A Highway Chords

Key:  G
 
[Intro]
G  D  C
 
[Verse 1]
G
This was a town took care of it's own
D
That's what me and my children have known
C
I worked the mill the way my parents did
G
I remember this town when I was a kid
Bm
Sitting through the movies twice
C
Open windows late at night
G
Slipping out in the summer heat
D
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street
 
[Chorus]
C
They laid a highway a few years back
G
Next town over by the railroad track
D
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
C                                     G  D C
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
 
[Verse 2]
G
I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down
D
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal
C
Boss lit a match in the oily night
G
Cops never had enough to set it right
             Bm
So while the company traded with our lives
        C
We were busy watching that slow moon rise
G
Dancing on the high grass ridge
D
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge
 
[Chorus]
C
They laid a highway a few years back
G
Next town over by the railroad track
D
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
C                                                                 G  D C
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
 
[Instrumental]
G  D  C    G  D  C-
 
[Verse 3]
G
They never came to tear that old place down
D
They roped it off, but you can walk around
C
See the rust on the painted doors
G
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors
Bm
This was a town took care of it's own
C
This was a town doing fine all alone
G
The mill got out a quarter to five
         D
You could eat supper with any family you liked
 
[Chorus]
C
They laid a highway a few years back
G
Next town over by the railroad track
D
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
C                                                                 G  D C
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
 
[Outro]
G  D  C    G  D  C    G
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