Old Crow Medicine Show - Half mile down

^CThey come down from Washington city to ou^Fr blue ridge m^Countain home And they ^Ccrossed that crooked river to the ^Fvalley down b^Celow ^CI was swimming in that water when they ^Fcame up to the ^Cshore Saying ^Csorry son this won't be dry l^Fand here any^Cmore

Yes and m^Cy home town is a ^Fhalf mile do^Cwn Its a^F half mile of water all around all a^Cround ^CMy home town is a ^Fhalf mile ^Cdown

^CFirst they started their surveying and ^Fmaking up their pl^Cans To ^Cflood that peaceful valley just to bu^Fild Watogga^C dam ^CWell they brought in their bulldozers and^F pushed our homes^C away And they ^Chanded me a shovel and s^Fixty cents a^C day

Singing m^Cy home town is a ha^Flf mile do^Cwn Its a^F half mile of water all around all a^Cround ^CMy home town is a ^Fhalf mile ^Cdown

So they ^Cstripped out all the timber and they ^Fleveled all the l^Cand And they ^Cdrilled and dynamited til they ^Fblew the mountains^C in I^Dm tore down my old home place and I ^Dmdug up daddy's grave And I ^Frelocated mama to ^Cfourteen miles away

Now ^CI look out on the water that^F rose upon that d^Cay By the b^Canks of the old Wattoga where ^FI once used to ^Cplay ^CYes I look out on that water where they ^Fmade their big mis^Ctake And ^Ccovered up our hometown 'neath that ^Fgod forsaken^C lake

Singing ^Cmy hometown is a ^Fhalf mile ^Cdown Its a^F half mile of water all around all a^Cround ^CMy home town is a ^Fhalf mile ^Cdown Its a^F half mile of water all around all a^Cround ^CMy home town is a ^Fhalf mile ^Cdown