Vals Cabin chords by Laurie Lewis

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: G

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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 When I was a kid and the summers were free
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We'd pile in a car with no AC and point it east into the heat
D
 Across the Central  Valley
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We'd drive our mama near insane till she'd pull off of that big
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Four lane and we started up the winding road to  Val's  Cabin
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About halfway to the mountain top we'd pull off the road
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And come to a stop by a rustic cabin with the shutters locked
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Sure it was cooler but still damn hot

Verse 2:
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But the pine and scotch broom were in the air
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The river was just a few miles from there
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Just a ways down the winding road past Val's cabin

Chorus:
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And the river runs through all my memories
                       Em
Twisting and plunging between the trees
Am
  Sliding past great granite boulders
 D
Smooth and warm it's giant shoulders
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Now they've chained her and they've changed her
                        Em
So the fish can't even claim her
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And I can't find the winding road to Val's cabin

Verse 3:
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 On a long and dusty old dirt track we'd walk to the river
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And then trudge back stopping to talk to every horse
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Every friendly dog and every cat
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In the water ditch along the road we'd hide from the sun
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And dangle our toes and then we'd start up the winding road
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 To Val's cabin
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Chorus:
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  And that river runs through all my memories
              D        Em
Twisting and plunging between the trees
Am                                     D
  Sliding past great granite boulders smooth and warm it's giant shoulders
     C
Now they've chained her and they've changed her
                        Em
So the fish can't even claim her
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And I can't find the winding road to Val's cabin

Instrumental:
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Verse 4:
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20 years later I'm climbing that hill
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Roaring up the highway past  Soulsbyville
      G
It's an oven outside but it's cooling here
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In this air-conditioned automobile

And it's four-lane concrete all the way
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They've straightened the curves and smoothed the grade
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They've covered up the winding road to Val's cabin

Chorus:
        C
But that river runs through all my memories
                       Em
Twisting and plunging between the trees
Am
  Sliding past great granite boulders
 D
Smooth and warm it's giant shoulders
     C
Now they've chained her and they've changed her
             D          Em
So the fish can't even claim her
 G                               D          G
And I can't find the winding road to Val's cabin

Outro:
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No-oo I can't find the winding road to Val's cabin