Nolan Neeley - Mediocre at best

^Ddeep in those mountains where change comes slow old ^DShelb built her a mountain home then at ^Bm18 he left to fight oversees he le^Emft her back home worrying he was ^Dmediocre at ^F#mbest in ^Emeverything but loving ^Dyou

^DPoor boy never saw a day of sunshine working ^Dovertime down in those mines coming ^Bmup at dusk black as the night ^Emcloaked in dust and smoking his pipe he was ^Dmediocre at ^F#mbest in ^Emeverything but loving ^Dyou

^D83 years on that mountaintop home he was ^Dtending the lawn when the angels came and gone he ^Bmleft generations on the top of the hill I was ^Emjust a boy but I remember him still he was ^Dmediocre at ^F#mbest in ^Emeverything but loving ^Dyou

you ^Dmarked up the back of these old photographs naming ^Dkin to color a map of the past heard ^BmShelb never smiled he was always aloof til I ^Emcaught him smiling in that photo with you he was ^Dmediocre at ^F#mbest in ^Emeverything but loving ^Dyou