{"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":2246091,"song":"Hickory","artist":"Slaid Cleaves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11473135-hickory-chords-by-slaid-cleaves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2246091?type=chord","rating":4.80532,"votes":15,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\t        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was born in the shadow of a Tennessee mountain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn a slower and gentler time[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn a cabin my grandfather built with his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut of hickory walnut and pine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe hunted those hills, my father and I[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo far from the bustle of town[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'd soon see a whole way of life start to fade[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs the mines all began to shut down[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHeard saws on the mountain, saw the trucks rumble by[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFiling past like a funeral line[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThose big iron trailers were piled up high[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith Hickory, Walnut and Pine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCall it progress or a shame, well you can't stop a train[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs it's barrelin' on down the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll cut down the trees and name your new streets[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHickory, Walnut and Pine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow the mountain top's flattened, the hickory's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the streams run black as a curse[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy father's been out in the barn more and more[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSince the mining went bad and then worse[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell I heard his old saw, I heard his old plane[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI heard his cough worsen with time[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I stand where he lays in a box that he made[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOut of hickory, walnut and pine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy children have left, for the big city jobs[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'll remain, my fate to unwind[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I'll dream of the days when the wind called my name[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThrough hickory, walnut and pine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCall it progress or a shame, well you can't stop a train[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you can't stop the marching of time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey'll cut down the trees and name your new streets[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHickory, Walnut and Pine[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"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]}}}