Laid A Highway

Intro:  G  D  C


Verse 1:

G
This was a town took care of it's 
own

D
That's what me and my children have 
known

C
I worked the mill the way my parents
 did

G
I remember this town when I was a 
kid

Bm
Sitting through the movies twice

C
Open windows late at night

G
Slipping out in the summer heat

D
To meet John Miller in the middle of
 the street



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C
They laid a highway a few years back

G
Next town over by the railroad track

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D
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us 
by

C                             
Some nights, I sit and watch my 
          G       D  C
hometown die
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Verse 2:

G
I'm fifty-five and when the mill 
burned down

D
I wasn't much past a pretty young 
gal

C
Boss lit a match in the oily night

G
Cops never had enough to set it 
right

             Bm
So while the company traded with our
 lives

        C
We were busy watching that slow moon
 rise

G
Dancing on the high grass ridge

D
Making love down by the Cedar County
 Bridge



Repeat Chorus


Instrumental:  G  D  C    G  D  C-


Verse 3:

G
They never came to tear that old 
place down

D
They roped it off, but you can walk 
around

C
See the rust on the painted doors

G
Watch the rain fall through the 
burned out floors

Bm
This was a town took care of it's 
own

C
This was a town doing fine all alone

G
The mill got out a quarter to five

         D
You could eat supper with any family
 you liked



Repeat Chorus


Outro:  G  D  C    G  D  C    G