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G (320003@1)                                      C (x32010@1)           GThey (320003@1)come down from Washington city to our blue ridge mountain home
         D (xx0232@1)                               C (x32010@1)          GAnd (320003@1)they crossed that crooked river to the valley down below
G (320003@1)                                    C (x32010@1)            GI (320003@1)was swimming in that water when they came up to the shore
       D (xx0232@1)                          C (x32010@1)         GSaying (320003@1)sorry son this won't be dry land here anymore

D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)         GYes (320003@1)and my home town is a half mile down
     C (x32010@1)                                 GIts (320003@1)a half mile of water all around all around
D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)       GMy (320003@1)home town is a half mile down

G (320003@1)                                    C (x32010@1)               GFirst (320003@1)they started their surveying and making up their plans
   D (xx0232@1)                                  C (x32010@1)        GTo (320003@1)flood that peaceful valley just to build Watogga dam
G (320003@1)                                      C (x32010@1)              GWell (320003@1)they brought in their bulldozers and pushed our homes away
         D (xx0232@1)                     C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)they handed me a shovel and sixty cents a day

D (xx0232@1)                C (x32010@1)       GSinging (320003@1)my home town is a half mile down
     C (x32010@1)                                 GIts (320003@1)a half mile of water all around all around
D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)       GMy (320003@1)home town is a half mile down

D (xx0232@1)                                  C (x32010@1)              GSo (320003@1)they stripped out all the timber and they leveled all the land
         D (xx0232@1)                            C (x32010@1)               GAnd (320003@1)they drilled and dynamited til they blew the mountains in
 Em (022000@1)                               AmI (x02210@1)tore down my old home place and I dug up daddy's grave
      C (x32010@1)               DAnd (xx0232@1)I relocated mama to fourteen miles away

G (320003@1)                         C (x32010@1)              GNow (320003@1)I look out on the water that rose upon that day
        D (xx0232@1)                           C (x32010@1)            GBy (320003@1)the banks of the old Wattoga where I once used to play
G (320003@1)                                     C (x32010@1)               GYes (320003@1)I look out on that water where they made their big mistake
    D (xx0232@1)                                 C (x32010@1)         GAnd (320003@1)covered up our hometown 'neath that god forsaken lake

D (xx0232@1)              C (x32010@1)       GSinging (320003@1)my hometown is a half mile down
     C (x32010@1)                                 GIts (320003@1)a half mile of water all around all around
D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)       GMy (320003@1)home town is a half mile down
     C (x32010@1)                                 GIts (320003@1)a half mile of water all around all around
D (xx0232@1)               C (x32010@1)       GMy (320003@1)home town is a half mile down