Laid A Highway chords by Tift Merritt

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Tift Merritt - Laid A augmentedA Highway



INTRO: G+G D MajorD C majorC  G+G

                    D MajorD
This was a town took care of it's own
                      C majorC
That's what me and my children have known
                     G+G
I worked the mill the way my parents did
                    B minorBm
I remember this town when I was a kid
                 C majorC
Sitting through the movies twice
              G+G
Open windows late at night
                 D MajorD
Slipping out in the summer heat
                         C majorC
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street

CHORUS:
                    G+G
They laid a highway a few years back
                    D MajorD
Next town over by the railroad track
                    C majorC
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
                    G+G   D MajorD  C majorC  G+G
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die


                D MajorD
'55 when the mill burned down
                    C majorC
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal
                     G+G
The boss lit a match in the oily night

Cops never had enough to set it right
       B minorBm
So while the company traded with our lives
    C majorC                  G+G
We were busy watching that slow moon rise
                 D MajorD
Dancing on the high grass ridge
                       C majorC
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge

CHORUS:
                    G+G
They laid a highway a few years back
                    D MajorD
Next town over by the railroad track
                    C majorC
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
                    G+G   D MajorD  C majorC  G+G
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die


INSTRUMENTAL: G+G D MajorD C majorC  G+G D MajorD C majorC  G+G


                       D MajorD
They never came to tear that old place down
                       C majorC
They roped it off, but you can walk around
                  G+G
See the rust on the painted doors
                          B minorBm
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors
                    C majorC
This was a town took care of it's own
                   G+G
This was a town doing fine all alone

The mill got out a quarter to five
     D MajorD                    C majorC
You could eat supper with any family you liked


CHORUS:
                    G+G
They laid a highway a few years back
                    D MajorD
Next town over by the railroad track
                    C majorC
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
                       G+G  D MajorD   C majorC
Some nights, I sit and watch this little town die__, die__