Laid A Highway chords by Tift Merritt

Tift Merritt - Laid A Highway




INTRO: G  D  C   G

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

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


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

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


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


INSTRUMENTAL:  G  D  C    G  D  C    G


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

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


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