Hickory Walnut And Pine

po ramblin boys

Key of A · Chords: I IV V

Verse 1

A                             D
I was born in the shadow of a Tennessee
A
mountain
                        E
In a slower and gentler time
     D                    A
In a cabin my grandfather built with his
hands
       A       E          A
Out of hickory walnut and pine

Verse 2

A                         D          A
We hunted those hills, my daddy and I
                          E
So far from the bustle of town
        D                       A
But I'd soon see a whole way of life start
to fade
       A                       E
As the mines all began to shut down

Verse 3

A                                   D
Heard saws on the mountain, saw the trucks
       A
rumble by
                           E
Filing past like a funeral line
      D                      A
Those big iron trailers were piled up high
     A        E          A
With Hickory, Walnut and Pine

Chorus

A
Now the mountain top's flattened, the
D         A
hickory's gone
                               E
And the streams run black as a curse
   D                        A
My father's been out in the barn more and
more
          A                        E
Since the mining went bad and then worse

Verse 4

A                           D
Well I heard his old saw, I heard his old
A
plane
                              E
I heard his cough worsen with time
      D                        A
Now I stand where he lays in a box that he
made
       A        E          A
Out of hickory, walnut and pine

Verse 5

A                              D
My children have left, for the big city
A
jobs
                        E
I'll remain, my fate to unwind
         D                          A
And I'll dream of the days when the wind
called my name
        A        E          A
Through hickory, walnut and pine