{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1767489,"song":"Laid A Highway","artist":"Tift Merritt","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11385042-laid-a-highway-chords-by-tift-merritt/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1767489?type=chord","rating":0.0505,"votes":0,"content":"Tift Merritt - Laid A Highway\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThis was a town took care of it's own [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThat's what me and my children have known [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI worked the mill the way my parents did [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nI remember this town when I was a kid [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nSitting through the movies twice [/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOpen windows late at night [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSlipping out in the summer heat [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                 [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTo meet John Miller in the middle of the street [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey laid a highway a few years back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext town over by the railroad track [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome nights, I'm glad it passed us by [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome nights, I sit and watch my hometown die[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                [ch]D[/ch] \r\n'55 when the mill burned down [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI wasn't much past a pretty young gal [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe boss lit a match in the oily night [/tab]\r\n                             \r\nCops never had enough to set it right \r\n[tab]             [ch]Bm[/ch]                           \r\nSo while the company traded with our lives [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were busy watching that slow moon rise [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDancing on the high grass ridge [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nMaking love down by the Cedar County Bridge [/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey laid a highway a few years back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext town over by the railroad track [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome nights, I'm glad it passed us by [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome nights, I sit and watch my hometown die[/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nINSTRUMENTAL:  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n \r\n \r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch] \r\nThey never came to tear that old place down [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]C[/ch] \r\nThey roped it off, but you can walk around [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSee the rust on the painted doors [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nWatch the rain fall through the burned out floors [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nThis was a town took care of it's own [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThis was a town doing fine all alone [/tab]\r\n                            \r\nThe mill got out a quarter to five \r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYou could eat supper with any family you liked [/tab]\r\n \r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey laid a highway a few years back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNext town over by the railroad track [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSome nights, I'm glad it passed us by [/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]   \r\nSome nights, I sit and watch this little town die__, die__[/tab]\r\n \r\n\r\nOUTRO:  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Tift Merritt - Laid A Highway\n\n\n\n\nINTRO: G  D  C   G\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n \n \n\n\n\n                             \nCops never had enough to set it right \n\n\n\n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n \n \nINSTRUMENTAL:  G  D  C    G  D  C    G\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n                            \nThe mill got out a quarter to five \n\n \n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n \n\nOUTRO:  G  D  C    G  D  C    G","chords":["A","G","D","C","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}