Tonart: E major
Intro 1
Bm
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Asus4
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Verse 1
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Dm
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a swamp when I was younger
Dm
A
The ducks and geese would pass
Dm
D
in the fall an d spring
Am
Bulrushes sighed and the frogs
G
would roar like thunder
E
In the evening you could hear
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Asus4
the blackbirds sing
Verse 2
D
A
D
And to the east, rose briar hill above me
Dm
And we’d sit up there
A
D
and watch the clouds roll by
A
Am
We didn’t know that
E
To the frogs and to the birds
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Asus4
and the dragonflies
Verse 3
D
A
Now paradise is 16 lanes
D
A
of highway
D
And the peace is gone and the
A
Dm
D
cars roll by each day
Bm
And the house in which I grew
G
now affords a lonely view
D
A
It overlooks a 16 lane
highway
G
Dm
D
Verse 4
Dm
D
A
And the tractors came and the trucks
Dm
and the heavy graders
And in a month,
A
D
they tore that swamp apart
Am
A
And they left an ugly scar
Am
G
while we stood watching
E
For a progress a mind of
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Asus4
planner’s work of art
Verse 5
Dm
A
And the people that I knew
And the houses stood there
A
Dm
D
empty row on row
Am
And the ones that didn’t take
A
G
the easy money
E
Were later sold out short and
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Asus4
forced to go
Verse 6
D
A
Now paradise is 16 lanes
D
A
of highway
D
And the peace is gone and the
A
Dm
D
cars roll by each day
Bm
And the house in which I grew
G
now affords a lonely view
D
A
It overlooks a 16 lane highway
Interlude 1
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Dm
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Dm
D
G
D
G
D
Bm
G
D
Asus4
G
D
Verse 7
D
A
Now the city’s gone on by to
D
Dm
take some more land
D
Dm
And the ducks and geese
A
D
ain’t been around for years
Am
And the kids who come of age
E
Will never understand my bitter
A
Asus4
A
tears
Verse 8
Dm
D
A
They’ll never see a thing that
Dm
D
wasn’t put there
A
They’ll never see a wild
Dm
D
thing growing free
A
Am
And they’ll never know
E
God help all the kids but
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Asus4
please help me
Verse 9
D
Am
A
Now paradise is 16 lanes
D
A
of highway
D
And the peace is gone and the
A
D
cars roll by each day
Bm
And the house in which I grew
G
now affords a lonely view
D
A
D
It overlooks a 16 lane highway
Bm
And the house in which I grew
G
now affords a lonely view
D
A
It overlooks a 16 lane highway
G
D
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