Up on the Divide

Written by Martha Scanlan

Key of E · Chords: I IV V vi

#Tabbed by:Denny S.
#Reviewed by: Brian M

Verse

   A            E           B         C#m
Go cinch up the saddle, ol' Dunny and me,
      A            E                B
We'll drive up the cattle where the snows used to be.
  A              E            B           C#m
I ain't much for nothin', but still I can ride__

Chorus

        A              E        B        C#m
And the springtime's a-comin up on the divide,
A              E        B        E
Springtime's a-comin up on the divide.

Verse

Ol' Charlie, he sold out, he lost everything,
A '52 Chevy and a Navajo ring.
Busted, flat broken and split open wide__

Instrumental breaks

Verse

Well, my granddaddy died here in nineteen and three,
He left his old shotgun my daddy gave me.
I hope there's someplace we can all rope and ride__

Verse

Well, that grave on the hillside is long overgrown,
Been twenty-two years since I gathered stones.
And twenty-two more since I made her my bride__

Instrumental breaks

Verse

Now the coal company man wants to eat up your coal,
First he'll swallow your cattle and then he'll swallow your soul.
He'll dig you a grave 'bout ten acres wide__

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