They Covered Up The Old Swimmin Hole
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: FCapotraste:
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THEY COVERED UP THE OLD SWIMMIN' HOLE
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1967 Album A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY)
Capo 3rd fret
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G D
Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns
G D E7 A7
Interstate 90 is a sight to behold
D G D
But that monument to progress and engineering skill
G A D
Has covered up the old swimmin' hole
[Verse 2]
D G D
Thirty feet straight up from where the old hole stood
G D E7 A7
They sell twenty kinds of icecream and the food is good
D G D
But it never can compare with the food for the soul
G A D
You could get for a dip in the old swimmin' hole
[Chorus]
G D
Oh the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep
G D E7 A7
Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet
D G D
And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul
G D A D
And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole
[Harmonica Solo]
D G D A D
[Verse 3]
D G D G D E7 A7
A symbol of our great and affluent society Interstate 90 fulfillment of our goals
D G D G A D
But that masterpiece of human ingenuity has covered up the old swimmin' hole
[Verse 4]
D G D
Gone the wooden schoolhouse the old country store
G D E7 A7
The winding dirt road that's winding no more
D G D
And the old swimmin' hole hears the sound of speeding wheels
G D A D
Entombed beneath a blanket of concrete and steel
[Out-Chorus]
G D
Oh the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep
G D E7 A7
Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet
D G D
And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul
G D A D
And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole
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