Old Crow Medicine Show - Half mile down

^GThey come down from Washington city to ou^Cr blue ridge m^Gountain home And they ^Dcrossed that crooked river to the ^Cvalley down b^Gelow ^GI was swimming in that water when they ^Ccame up to the ^Gshore Saying ^Dsorry son this won't be dry l^Cand here any^Gmore

Yes and m^Dy home town is a ^Chalf mile do^Gwn Its a^C half mile of water all around all a^Ground ^DMy home town is a ^Chalf mile ^Gdown

^GFirst they started their surveying and ^Cmaking up their pl^Gans To ^Dflood that peaceful valley just to bu^Cild Watogga^G dam ^GWell they brought in their bulldozers and^C pushed our homes^G away And they ^Dhanded me a shovel and s^Cixty cents a^G day

Singing m^Dy home town is a ha^Clf mile do^Gwn Its a^C half mile of water all around all a^Ground ^DMy home town is a ^Chalf mile ^Gdown

So they ^Dstripped out all the timber and they ^Cleveled all the l^Gand And they ^Ddrilled and dynamited til they ^Cblew the mountains^G in I^Em tore down my old home place and I ^Amdug up daddy's grave And I ^Crelocated mama to ^Dfourteen miles away

Now ^GI look out on the water that^C rose upon that d^Gay By the b^Danks of the old Wattoga where ^CI once used to ^Gplay ^GYes I look out on that water where they ^Cmade their big mis^Gtake And ^Dcovered up our hometown 'neath that ^Cgod forsaken^G lake

Singing ^Dmy hometown is a ^Chalf mile ^Gdown Its a^C half mile of water all around all a^Ground ^DMy home town is a ^Chalf mile ^Gdown Its a^C half mile of water all around all a^Ground ^DMy home town is a ^Chalf mile ^Gdown