Capo 2     in waltz time 
 
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Well the hills of cow gap stood rugged and awesome 
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But you have to have fill dirt when you?re building a road 
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And the hills of cow gap, they withered the ages 
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Got wiped off the map at twelve dollars a load 

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Well they call it the hill country, I call it beautiful 
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I?d call it progress, if it could be saved 
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They call it the hill country, I call it home 
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What will they call it, when it?s leveled and paved
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Uncivilized pagans drank untreated water 
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Right out of our river way back in their day 
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Now those streams bubble with cleaned treated sewage 
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While they sit in their hot tubs and sip perrier 
 
Repeat chorus 
 
Bridge 
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Strip off the hill top, build look-a-like houses 
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Move in some people and turn on the tv 
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After the ball game turn on some old movies 
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They?ll smile when they see how it used to be 
 
Repeat chorus x3    (second time acoustic only) 
 

A5                                            D5 
What will they call it when it?s leveled and paved 
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