The Day The Saw Mill Closed Down
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: CCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1967 Album A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY)
[Verse 1]
C F C F C G C
Her house on the corner of Cedar and Elm still stands in our town
F C F C G7 C
But it's been empty since she moved away the day that the saw mill closed down
F C F C G7 C
We'd sit on her porch almost every night I remember how happy we were
F C F C G C
We'd grow up and marry I'd work at the mill to make a living for her
[Bridge]
F G C F C F C
Her father worked at the mill like most of the others in town
F G C F C G C
I lost my girl when he lost his job the day that the saw mill closed down
[Verse 2]
C F C F C G C
She moved from the corner of Cedar and Elm and I never saw her again
F C F C G C
But I can still hear her mother's soft voice saying honey it's time to come in
F G C F C F C
No longer do mill hands live here the giant saws don't make a sound
F G C F C F C
No longer does my love live here not since the saw mill closed down
G C
She left when the saw mill closed down
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