C (x32010@1)                 FHush (133211@1)now, don't you wake up
         C (x32010@1)        FWe'll (133211@1)be leaving at first light
       Dm (xx0231@1)         CMama's (x32010@1)buying you a mockingbird
   Am (x02210@1)        FTo (133211@1)lull you through the night

C (x32010@1)              FWe'll (133211@1)cross the Dan by morning
         C (x32010@1)                FHere's (133211@1)a blanket for you to share
        Dm (xx0231@1)             CThey're (x32010@1)building down in Georgia
      Am (x02210@1)          FDaddy (133211@1)hears he'll find work there

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        Am (x02210@1)              FAnd (133211@1)the mockingbird can't sing
         E (022100@1)         AmLike (x02210@1)the crying of a dove
    C (x32010@1)             FAnd (133211@1)I can't tell my daughters
        E (022100@1)           AmAll (x02210@1)the things that I'm scared of
    C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)                  E7 (020130@1)      AmBut (x02210@1)I am not afraid of that bright glory up above
Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)           Am (x02210@1)      F (133211@1)          FmDying's (133111@1)just another way to leave the ones you love
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C (x32010@1)          FNo (133211@1)work for the working man
     C (x32010@1)            FJust (133211@1)one more empty mill
Dm (xx0231@1)          CHard (x32010@1)times in Rockingham
Am (x02210@1)         FHard (133211@1)times harder still

C (x32010@1)              FThe (133211@1)crows are in the kitchen
    C (x32010@1)            FThe (133211@1)wolves at the door
    Dm (xx0231@1)             C (x32010@1)     Am (x02210@1) FOur (133211@1)fathers' land of Eden is paradise no more

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C (x32010@1)              FMy (133211@1)sister stayed in Eden
    C (x32010@1)              FHer (133211@1)husband's got some land
   Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)              FAn (133211@1)agent for the county thinks that they might make a stand
  C (x32010@1)          FA (133211@1)hard life of working
     C (x32010@1)             FWith (133211@1)nothing much to show
  Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)          Am (x02210@1)  FA (133211@1)long life of leaving with nowhere to go

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