Below chords by Slaid Cleaves

Chords with lyrics

This is my first submission. I hope it is accurate enough for you all to enjoy this great tune!

Below by Slaid Cleaves


Capo 3rd Fret

FF G+G  A minorAm (Choke)
    A minorAm
There?s an old dirt road, just off route nine.
        FF     G+G             A minorAm
Fades into the lake,      at the low water line.
A minorAm
Sometimes I wander down that road alone.
        DmDm   G+G              A minorAm
Remembering the town,      that I once called home.
A minorAm
I grew up on the valley, every neighbor a friend,
         FF   G+G             A minorAm
Until the modern world     started creeping in.
A minorAm
One day came the lawyers, with cash in hand.
          DmDm  G+G                 A minorAm
They swore that our village       would light up the land.

Chorus:
   FF            A minorAm
The dusky waters move cold and slow,
          C majorC           E MajorE
And the ghosts of a village still wander below.
       FF              A minorAm
Homesteads of families and friends forever more,
       DmDm    G+G               A minorAm (Choke)
Haunting the valley       below this sparkling shore.

      A minorAm
Surrounding the valley was a painted red line,
         FF   G+G           A minorAm
Drawn by company men      like marking a crime.
   A minorAm
A augmentedA silent reminder that all inside it must go,
         DmDm     G+G                A minorAm
Or be lost to the rising            dead river?s flow.
A minorAm
Some folks took the money, started grinding gears,
           FF     G+G             A minorAm
While the rest of us held out,         twenty odd years.
A minorAm
We watched our town, like a photograph fade,
        DmDm      G+G             A minorAm (Choke)
As the company came,          to take it all away.
A minorAm
They tore down the church, and the schoolhouse burned.
        FF      G+G                 A minorAm
They dug up the graves,         the wheels of progress turned.
A minorAm
They got Dutchie?s Store, and Hayden?s Pool Hall,
         DmDm     G+G             A minorAm
When the dozers rolled,         it shattered us all.

Chorus:

   FF            A minorAm
The dusky waters move cold and slow,
           C majorC           E MajorE
And the ghosts of the village still wander below.
       FF              A minorAm
Homesteads of families and friends forever more,
        DmDm     G+G             A minorAm (Choke)
Haunting the valley       below this sparkling shore.

Instrumental Break
A minorAm / FF / G+G / A minorAm / DmDm / G+G / A minorAm (Choke)

      A minorAm
Old May Savage stayed as long as she could.
         FF     G+G              A minorAm
Her house on the hill          towered over the flood.
A minorAm
It rose up alone, in the dark of night,
         DmDm G+G                 A minorAm
Its face on the water,         in the cold moonlight.
A minorAm
I shake off the memories, on my lips a prayer.
        FF    G+G                  A minorAm
Thanks for the grace,          and the beauty down there.
A minorAm
And while the porch lights glow, all over the state,
          DmDm     G+G             A minorAm
There?s nothing but darkness,          under the lake.

Chorus:

      FF          A minorAm
The dusky waters move cold and slow,
           C majorC           E MajorE
And the ghosts of a village still wander below.
        FF             A minorAm
Homesteads of families and friends forever more,
         DmDm   G+G               A minorAm
Haunting the valley        below this sparkling shore.
         DmDm   G+G               A minorAm      A minorAm
They haunt the valley       below this sparkling shore.