(Intro) E5 A5 E5 E5 B5 E5 (Verse 1) E5 A5 E5 The hills of Cow Gap stood rugged and awesome B5 But you have to have fill dirt when you?re building a road E5 A5 E5 The hills of Cow Gap man they weathered the ages E5 B5 C#5 Got wiped off the map for 12 dollars a load (Chorus) A5 Well they call it the hill country E5 I call it beautiful B5 E5 I call it progress, if it could be saved, A5 They call it the hill country E5 C#5 I call it home B5 E5 Yeah what will they call it when it?s leveled and paved? (Verse 2) Uncivilized pagans drink untreated water, Right out of our river back in there day Now those streams bubble with clean treated sewage While they sit in there hot tubs and they sip Perrier (Chorus) (Verse 3) A5 E5 Scrape off the hill top build look a like houses A5 E5 Move in some people and turn on the TV A5 E5 After the ball game turn on some old movies B5 C#5 They?ll smile when they see how things used to be (Chorus x3) B5 E5 Yeah what will they call it when its leveled and paved. (Outro) E5 A5 E5 E5 B5 E5