Intro - D5 C5 G5 G5 C5 G5 They come down from Washington city to our blue ridge mountain home D5 C5 G5 And they crossed that crooked river to the valley down below G5 C5 G5 I was swimming in that water when they came up to the shore D5 C5 G5 Saying sorry son this won't be dry land here anymore D5 C5 G5 Yes and my home town is a half mile down C5 G5 Its a half mile of water all around all around D5 C5 G5 My home town is a half mile down G5 C5 G5 First they started their surveying and making up their plans D5 C5 G5 To flood that peaceful valley just to build Watogga dam G5 C5 G5 Well they brought in their bulldozers and pushed our homes away D5 C5 G5 And they handed me a shovel and sixty cents a day D5 C5 G5 Singing my home town is a half mile down C5 G5 Its a half mile of water all around all around D5 C5 G5 My home town is a half mile down D5 C5 G5 So they stripped out all the timber and they leveled all the land D5 C5 G5 And they drilled and dynamited til they blew the mountains in E5 A5 I tore down my old home place and I dug up daddy's grave C5 D5 And I relocated mama to fourteen miles away G5 C5 G5 Now I look out on the water that rose upon that day D5 C5 G5 By the banks of the old Wattoga where I once used to play G5 C5 G5 Yes I look out on that water where they made their big mistake D5 C5 G5 And covered up our hometown 'neath that god forsaken lake D5 C5 G5 Singing my hometown is a half mile down C5 G5 Its a half mile of water all around all around D5 C5 G5 My home town is a half mile down C5 G5 Its a half mile of water all around all around D5 C5 G5 My home town is a half mile down
