Chord/Tab song: Laid a Highway

Key: G

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

[C]They laid a highway a few years back
[G]Next town over by the railroad track
[D]Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by
[C]Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die[G][D][C]


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

So while the [Bm]company traded with our lives

We were [C]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

You could[D] eat supper with any family you liked


Repeat Chorus

Outro: G D C G D C G