Hell In High Water

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[First Part]

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It's where the homestead stood 
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beneath those eastern pines
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  Little piece of that old porch 
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swing I built her in '95
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The devil dressed in dark clouds
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It brought the wind it brought the 
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rain

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I never dreamt I'd live to see an
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 Appalachian hurricane

[Second Part]

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The suits ain't got nothing but a 
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pittance for your pain
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They got more important things to do
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So just go on back to sleeep or 
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look the other way
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They working on a new headline or 
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two

[Chorus]

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  The ancient hills are crying
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  For Mother Mountain’s broken 
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heart

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  Hell came in High Water
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And just ripped them hills apart

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  Long forgotten, now forsaken
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  But the good Lord's love will 
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abide

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  Hell came in high water
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Like a thief in the night

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[Third Part]

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Son, if you ain't angry
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 Well you pay it no mind
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But this ain't the first time
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We been left so far behind

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The sorrow and anguish'll cut you
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Right down to the bone
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But from the hollers to the hills
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We take care of our own

[Chorus]

C              G         D Em
  The ancient hills are crying
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  For Mother Mountain’s broken heart

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  Hell came in High Water
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And just ripped them hills apart

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  Long forgotten, now forsaken
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  But the good Lord's love will 
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abide

C       G            D Em  C
  Hell came in high water

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Heaven help ussss tonight
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Heaven help ussss tonight

[Outro]

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