Hickory chords by Slaid Cleaves

Chords with lyrics

Verse:
G+G               C majorC	    G+G
I was born in the shadow of a Tennessee mountain
            D MajorD
In a slower and gentler time
   C majorC          G+G
In a cabin my grandfather built with his hands
    G+G   D MajorD     G+G
Out of hickory walnut and pine

G+G             C majorC     G+G
We hunted those hills, my father and I
             D MajorD
So far from the bustle of town
    C majorC            G+G
But I'd soon see a whole way of life start to fade
    G+G           D MajorD
As the mines all began to shut down

G+G                  C majorC       G+G
Heard saws on the mountain, saw the trucks rumble by
              D MajorD
Filing past like a funeral line
   C majorC           G+G
Those big iron trailers were piled up high
   G+G    D MajorD     G+G
With Hickory, Walnut and Pine

Chorus:
    C majorC               G+G
Call it progress or a shame, well you can't stop a train
               D MajorD
As it's barrelin' on down the line
C majorC               G+G
They'll cut down the trees and name your new streets
 G+G    D MajorD     G+G
Hickory, Walnut and Pine

Verse:
G+G                   C majorC     G+G
Now the mountain top's flattened, the hickory's gone
                D MajorD
And the streams run black as a curse
  C majorC            G+G
My father's been out in the barn more and more
     G+G            D MajorD
Since the mining went bad and then worse

G+G              C majorC       G+G
Well I heard his old saw, I heard his old plane
               D MajorD
I heard his cough worsen with time
    C majorC            G+G
Now I stand where he lays in a box that he made
    G+G    D MajorD     G+G
Out of hickory, walnut and pine

G+G               C majorC    G+G
My children have left, for the big city jobs
            D MajorD
I'll remain, my fate to unwind
     C majorC              G+G
And I'll dream of the days when the wind called my name
    G+G    D MajorD     G+G
Through hickory, walnut and pine

Chorus:
    C majorC               G+G
Call it progress or a shame, well you can't stop a train
                  D MajorD
And you can't stop the marching of time
C majorC               G+G
They'll cut down the trees and name your new streets
G+G    D MajorD     G+G