Intro:  G5  D5  C5   
 
 
Verse 1: 
G5 
This was a town took care of it's own 
D5 
That's what me and my children have known 
C5 
I worked the mill the way my parents did 
G5 
I remember this town when I was a kid 
B5  
Sitting through the movies twice 
C5 
Open windows late at night 
G5 
Slipping out in the summer heat 
D5 
To meet John Miller in the middle of the street 

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C5 
They laid a highway a few years back 
G5 
Next town over by the railroad track 
D5 
Some nights, I'm glad it passed us by 
C5                                       G5       D5  C5 
Some nights, I sit and watch my hometown die
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Verse 2: 
G5 
I'm fifty-five and when the mill burned down 
D5 
I wasn't much past a pretty young gal 
C5 
Boss lit a match in the oily night 
G5 
Cops never had enough to set it right 
             B5  
So while the company traded with our lives 
        C5 
We were busy watching that slow moon rise 
G5 
Dancing on the high grass ridge 
D5 
Making love down by the Cedar County Bridge 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
Instrumental:  
G5  D5  C5    G5  D5  C-  
Verse 3: 
G5 
They never came to tear that old place down 
D5 
They roped it off, but you can walk around 
C5 
See the rust on the painted doors 
G5 
Watch the rain fall through the burned out floors 
B5  
This was a town took care of it's own 
C5 
This was a town doing fine all alone 
G5 
The mill got out a quarter to five 
         D5 
You could eat supper with any family you liked 

Repeat Chorus 
 
Outro:  
G5  D5  C5    G5  D5  C5    G5