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D                                A 
Way back in the mountains on the high knob by the ridge 
    C                 G              D 
My grandpa built our cabin where we lived for 40 years 
D                           Am 
Spent my happy childhood beneath the hardwood trees 
  C                G              C             D      C   D   A 
I didn't know what I had then was all I'd ever need 

D                                 A 
Mountain laurels blooming, it was early in the spring 
C              G            D 
Lookin' out my window on a sea of endless green 
D                              Am 
Rich men from the city came to buy our land today 
C          G                      C          D 
Took 200 years to grow, but it's gone in 30 days 


[Refrão]
Am                                       C 
Mud slides down the mountain, there's no way to stop the flood 
G                                   D               A 
Hills without their timbers, like a man without his blood 
Am                         C  
Scars upon the land, those wounds will never heal 
      C               D              A     C   D   A 
But a greedy man will never get his fill 

Solo 

Am C 
G D A 
Am C 
C D A C D A 


[Refrão]
Am                                       C 
Mud slides down the mountain, there's no way to stop the flood 
G                                   D               A 
Hills without their timbers, like a man without his blood 
Am                         C  
Scars upon the land, those wounds will never heal 

Ending 

      C               D              A    
But a greedy man will never get his fill 
   C                  D             A 
I can't go back and I know I never will 
   C                 D              A   E 
I hope someday they know the way I feel