Capo 3rd Fret
G C
Well I feel like a stranger in my own hometown.
G Em
There’s traffic in the air where there used to be the sound
G C
Of tall trees growin’ and kids runnin’ wild;
G Em
Or maybe I was lookin’ through the eyes of a child.
C
But I swear…
There used to be
D G
Hills and hollers here,
Em C
Wild turkey and the white tailed deer,
D G
Creeks runnin’ crystal clear,
Em C
Water on its way to the Gulf of Mexico,
D G
Moonshine on the mountaintop,
Em C
Daddy sawin’ fiddle like he never gonna stop,
D G
Lord, if these hills could talk
Em C
They’d say sing me a song that goes
G D Em C
“Oh, Mama leave the light on.
G D Em C N.C.
Oh, shine like the sun on the shadows of history.”
G C
They laid the first paved road back in ’45.
G Em
Now you gotta have wheels if you’re gonna survive.
G C
Black top over gravel, gravel over mud;
G Em
Seems the oil in our veins runs thicker than the blood.
C
But I swear…
There used to be
D G
Hills and hollers here,
Em C
Wild turkey and the white tailed deer,
D G
Creeks runnin’ crystal clear,
Em C
Water on its way to the Gulf of Mexico,
D G
Moonshine on the mountaintop,
Em C
Daddy sawin’ fiddle like he never gonna stop,
D G
Lord, if these hills could talk
Em C
They’d say sing me a song that goes
G D Em C
“Oh, Mama leave the light on.
G D Em C N.C.
Oh, shine like the sun on the shadows of history.”
Repeat chorus as desired.