Half Mile Down

Intro: D C G G C G They come down from Washington city to our blue ridge mountain home D C G And they crossed that crooked river to the valley down below G C G I was swimming in that water when they came up to the shore D C G Saying sorry son this won't be dry land here anymore D C G Yes and my home town is a half mile down C G Its a half mile of water all around all around D C G My home town is a half mile down G C G First they started their surveying and making up their plans D C G To flood that peaceful valley just to build Watogga dam G C G Well they brought in their bulldozers and pushed our homes away D C G And they handed me a shovel and sixty cents a day D C G Singing my home town is a half mile down C G Its a half mile of water all around all around D C G My home town is a half mile down D C G So they stripped out all the timber and they leveled all the land D C G And they drilled and dynamited til they blew the mountains in Em Am I tore down my old home place and I dug up daddy's grave C D And I relocated mama to fourteen miles away G C G Now I look out on the water that rose upon that day D C G By the banks of the old Wattoga where I once used to play G C G Yes I look out on that water where they made their big mistake D C G And covered up our hometown 'neath that god forsaken lake D C G Singing my hometown is a half mile down C G Its a half mile of water all around all around D C G My home town is a half mile down C G Its a half mile of water all around all around D C G My home town is a half mile down