Intro - D C G 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