The Day The Saw-Mill Closed Down (Acordes)

The Day The Saw-Mill Closed Down:Dickey Lee.

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INTRO: C# F# (x2)



#1.

    C#           F#        C#        F#

Her house on the corner of Cedar and Elm..

C#    F#            C#

still stands in our town.

C#            F#          C#         F#

But it's been empty since she moved away..

    C#           F#              C#

the day that the saw-mill closed down.

 F#            C#

(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)



#2.

C#              F#           C#    F#

We'd sit on her porch almost every night..

    C#         F#       C#

I remember how happy we were.

C#               F#        C#          F#   

We'd grow up and marry I'd work at the mill..

   C#     F#         C#

to make a living for her.

 F#            C#

(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)



BRIDGE:

F#  G#     C#            F#         C#

Her father worked at the mill..like most of the 

F#        C#  C#7

others in town.

  F#      G#        C#          F#       C#

I lost my girl when he lost his job..the day that 

    F#              C#

the saw-mill closed down.

F#            C#........D

(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)



#3.

D                  G         D         G        D

She moved from the corner of Cedar and Elm..and I 

      G        D

never saw her again.

D               G        D             G

But I can still hear her mother's soft voice..saying, 

D           G            D

honey, it's time to come in.

 G             D

(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)



#4.

   G    A      D               G         D          G     

No lon..ger do mill hands live here..the giant saws don't 

       D

make a sound.

   G     A       D            G     D             G

No long..er does my love live here..not since the saw-mill 

       D

closed down.



OUTRO:

D                 G               D

She left when the saw-mill closed down.

 G             D

(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)(Fade.)





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