Building Of The Road chords by Caroline Herring

Chords with lyrics

Caroline Herring - Building Of The Road


CAPO: 5th Fret


INTRO: C majorC

             FF C majorC
One day the little house
           FF C majorC
Was surprised to see
            FF C majorC
A augmentedA car on the dirt road
               FF C majorC
Where a carriage used to be
    G+G
Pretty soon there were more
  FF
And as time passed
  C majorC        FF C majorC
The surveyors came
               FF C majorC
And drew a line in the grass

CHORUS:
         G+G       FF       C majorC
The steam shovels dug, then the trucks brought stones
     FF      C majorC    DmDm        G+G
Then the steam roller came and smoothed out the road
  C majorC       G+G     FF    C majorC
The little house, she could never be sold
    FF    C majorC      G+G        C majorC
So she sat and watched the building of the road


                FF C majorC
First it was gasoline stations
           FF C majorC
And roadside stands
             FF C majorC
As roads became highways
            FF C majorC
And carved up the land
G+G
Everything moved
   FF
Much faster than before
     C majorC           FF C majorC
Then the city came and knocked
              FF C majorC
On the little house's door

CHORUS:
         G+G       FF       C majorC
The steam shovels dug, then the trucks brought stones
     FF      C majorC    DmDm        G+G
Then the steam roller came and smoothed out the road
  C majorC       G+G     FF    C majorC
The little house, she could never be sold
    FF    C majorC      G+G        C majorC
So she sat and watched the building of the road


INTERLUDE:
   G+G  FF  C majorC  FF  C majorC   DmDm G+G
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
C majorC  G+G  FF  C majorC  FF  C majorC   DmDm C majorC
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
   G+G  FF  C majorC  FF  C majorC   DmDm G+G
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
C majorC  G+G  FF  C majorC  FF  C majorC   DmDm C majorC   G+G
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la


        ## Spoken ##
    FF              C majorC  FF C majorC
No more children playing in the brook
        DmDm         G+G C majorC G+G
No more daisies covering the hill
        FF      C majorC FF C majorC
No more harvest gatherings
          DmDm     G+G
No more apple trees in blossom


OUTRO:
C majorC  G+G  FF  C majorC  FF  C majorC  DmDm G+G C majorC