Tthey're Tearin The Labor Camps Down chords by Merle Haggard

Chords with lyrics

E MajorE      A augmentedA        E MajorE
I came back to California cause my home was here
         BB          E MajorE
To look up my old sweetheart just for fun
           A augmentedA      E MajorE
Mom and Dad had both passed on in two short years
          BB      E MajorE
While my patriotic chores bein’ done

I saw changes all around me and some were good
But I hardly recognized my side of town
They tore down the swingin' casing from the cottowood
And that tree was all that marked familar ground.

Chorus:
E MajorE            A augmentedA      E MajorE
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down
   AbAb			 C# minorC#m
And I feel a little sentimental shame
     A augmentedA				   E MajorE
Where's a working man gonna live at in this town
            BB      E MajorE
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down.

The Hilltop family market had been moved somewhere
And the name was changed to fit the newer homes
The things that I remember were no longer there
And the cabin that my daddy built was gone.

Chorus



by: José Duarte