Burnt The Sawmill Down chords by Aaron Lewis

Intro:
D C G D x2

Verse 1:

D          C
Dirt road, Georgia, childhood days

 G       D
A sawmill way of life

    Am
Where I grew up to love a rich girl

     G      D
Who could never be my wife

    D        C
And the roses near their mansion

   G       D
On a cool, southern ground

  Am
She cut a memory into mine

   G         D
But I had to leave that town

D           C
Dirt poor, backwoods, I was raised

    G        D
Now the lawman's comin' 'round

   Am
Mama said, "I raised a good boy

    G         D
But he burnt the sawmill down"

Chorus:

     Bm         A
It's been years since I left Georgia

   G         D
And I left there on the run

       C
They say her daddy's still in a rage

G  F   D
Over what I done

    Bm       A
But he shot at me for lovin' her

      G      D
Thought he run me outta town

   C
But I hid until the mornin' light

    G     F    D
Then I burned his sawmill down

Instrumental:
D C G D

Verse 2:

D         C
I still love that long-haired girl

     G        D
There's a price tag on my head

  Am
Her daddy owns the county law

     G         D
And if I go back there, I'm dead

  D        C
So I just dream of southern roses

  G        D
And miss the love we found

    Am
Lord, I wish I'd never been born poor

  G         D
Or burnt the sawmill down

Chorus:

     Bm         A
It's been years since I left Georgia

   G         D
And I left there on the run

       C
They say her daddy's still in a rage

G  F   D
Over what I done

    Bm       A
But he shot at me for lovin' her

      G      D
Thought he run me outta town

   C
But I hid until the mornin' light

    G     F    D
Then I burned his sawmill down

Outro:

D           C
Dirt poor, backwoods, I was raised

    G        D
Now the lawman's comin' 'round

   Am
Mama said, "I raised a good boy

    G     F    D
But he burnt the sawmill down"

   Am
Mama said, "I raised a good boy

    G     F    D
But he burnt the sawmill down"

Am   G F D