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Burnt The Sawmill Down

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[Intro]
  D    C    G    Dx2
[Verse 1]
DDirt road, Georgia, Cchildhood days
A Gsawmill way of Dlife
Where I Amgrew up to love a rich girl
Who could Gnever be my Dwife
And the Droses near their Cmansion
On a Gcool, southern Dground
She Amcut a memory into mine
But I Ghad to leave that Dtown
DDirt poor, backwoods, CI was raised
Now the Glawman's comin' 'Dround
Mama Amsaid, "I raised a good boy
But he Gburnt the sawmill Ddown"
[Chorus]
It's been Bmyears since I left AGeorgia
And I Gleft there on the rDun
They say her Cdaddy's still in a rage
GOver Fwhat I Ddone
But he Bmshot at me for Alovin' her
Thought he Grun me outta Dtown
But I Chid until the mornin' light
Then I Gburned his Fsawmill Ddown
[Instrumental]
D  C  G  D
[Verse 2]
DI still love that Clong-haired girl
There's a Gprice tag on my Dhead
Her Amdaddy owns the county law
And if I Ggo back there, I'm Ddead
So DI just dream of Csouthern roses
And Gmiss the love we Dfound
Lord, I Amwish I'd never been born poor
Or Gburnt the sawmill Ddown
[Chorus]
It's been Bmyears since I left AGeorgia
And I Gleft there on the rDun
They say her Cdaddy's still in a rage
GOver Fwhat I Ddone
But he Bmshot at me for Alovin' her
Thought he Grun me outta Dtown
But I Chid until the mornin' light
Then I Gburned his Fsawmill Ddown
[Outro]
DDirt poor, backwoods, CI was raised
Now the Glawman's comin' 'Dround
Mama Amsaid, "I raised a good boy
But he Gburnt the Fsawmill Ddown"
Mama Amsaid, "I raised a good boy
But he Gburnt the Fsawmill Ddown"
Am      G  F  D

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Burnt The Sawmill Down

by Aaron Lewis

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

D C G D

[Verse 1]

D C

Dirt road, Georgia, childhood days

G D

A sawmill way of life

Where I grew up to love a rich girl

G D

Who could never be my wife

D C

And the roses near their mansion

G D

On a cool, southern ground

She cut a memory into mine

G D

But I had to leave that town

D C

Dirt poor, backwoods, I was raised

G D

Now the lawman's comin' 'round

Mama said, "I raised a good boy

G D

But he burnt the sawmill down"

[Chorus]

Bm A

It's been years since I left Georgia

G D

And I left there on the run

They say her daddy's still in a rage

G F D

Over what I done

Bm A

But he shot at me for lovin' her

G D

Thought he run me outta town

But I hid until the mornin' light

G F D

Then I burned his sawmill down

[Instrumental]

D C G D

[Verse 2]

D C

I still love that long-haired girl

G D

There's a price tag on my head

Her daddy owns the county law

G D

And if I go back there, I'm dead

D C

So I just dream of southern roses

G D

And miss the love we found

Lord, I wish I'd never been born poor

G D

Or burnt the sawmill down

[Chorus]

Bm A

It's been years since I left Georgia

G D

And I left there on the run

They say her daddy's still in a rage

G F D

Over what I done

Bm A

But he shot at me for lovin' her

G D

Thought he run me outta town

But I hid until the mornin' light

G F D

Then I burned his sawmill down

[Outro]

D C

Dirt poor, backwoods, I was raised

G D

Now the lawman's comin' 'round

Mama said, "I raised a good boy

G F D

But he burnt the sawmill down"

Mama said, "I raised a good boy

G F D

But he burnt the sawmill down"

Am G F D

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The chords for "Burnt The Sawmill Down" show the original chord names (including D, C, G, A, Am, Bm). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.