[Verse]
Am Gadd11 C/G
For too many times I've held it in
F/C C Gadd11
Appalachian rage in the northbound wind
F/C C Gadd11 Bbm
My mind is growing strong but my body's wearing thin
F C
And I can't turn this thing around
[Verse]
Am Gadd11 C/G
Oh, but you might see it every now and then
F/C C Gadd11
Appalachian sorrow running down my skin
F/C C Gadd11 Bbm
Thinking of tomorrow some things that might've been
F C
I'm just trying to live it down
Bbm F C
Oh, I'm just trying to live it down
[Chorus]
F/C C Am Bmadd11 C/G
And when they lay my body in the green green grass
F/C C Am Bmadd11 C/G
I will whisper secrets to the animals that pass
F/C C E(b9)/B Am Bmadd11 C/G
Bout the times I knew I swore I was never coming back
F/C Gadd11 Am Bmadd11 C/G
But I lied, I am Appalachia
F/C Gadd11 Am Bmadd11 C/G
Oohh I lied, I am Appalachia
F/C C F/C C Bmadd11 Am
[Verse]
Am Gadd11 C/G
Wake up to find that I've outgrown my friends
F/C C Gadd11
And our seeds grew side by side but my roots grew thin
F/C C/G Bmadd11 Bbm
Then one day I blew away in Autumn's restless wind
F C
And she has never set me down
[Verse]
Am Gadd11 C/G
Alone I wing my way through winter storms
F/C C Gadd11
Spring brought new life and summer down it was torn
F/C C Gadd11 Bbm
There was blood in my mama's knees from talking to the Lord
F C
And He won't let me wash it out
Bbm F C
Oh, He won't let me wash it out
[Chorus]
F/C C Am Bmadd11 C/G
And when they lay my body in the green green grass
F/C C Am Bmadd11 C/G
I will whisper secrets to the animals that pass
F/C C E(b9)/B Am Bmadd11 C/G
Bout the times I knew I swore I was never coming back
F/C Gadd11 Am Bmadd11 C/G
But I lied, I am Appalachia
F/C Gadd11 Am Bmadd11 C/G
Cos I lied, I am Appalachia
F/C C F/C C Bmadd11 Am
[Outro]
Am C Gadd11 F/C C Gadd11
Lay my body in the green green grass
F/C C
In the green green grass
Gadd11
I'm coming back
Am C Gadd11 F/C C
Lay my body in the green green grass
Gadd11 F/C C
In the green green grass
Am Bmadd11 C/G
I'm coming back
F/C C F/C C Bmadd11 Am