Hickory Guitar Chords Slaid Cleaves

[Verse]
F Bb F
I was born in the shadow of a Tennessee mountain
C
In a slower and gentler time
Bb F
In a cabin my grandfather built with his hands
F C F
Out of hickory walnut and pine

F Bb F
We hunted those hills, my father and I
C
So far from the bustle of town
Bb F
But I’d soon see a whole way of life start to fade
F C
As the mines all began to shut down

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

[Chorus]
Bb F
Call it progress or a shame, well you can’t stop a train
C
As it’s barrelin’ on down the line
Bb F
They’ll cut down the trees and name your new streets
F C F
Hickory, Walnut and Pine

[Verse]
F Bb F
Now the mountain top’s flattened, the hickory’s gone
C
And the streams run black as a curse
Bb F
My father’s been out in the barn more and more
F C
Since the mining went bad and then worse

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

F Bb F
My children have left, for the big city jobs
C
I’ll remain, my fate to unwind
Bb F
And I’ll dream of the days when the wind called my name
F C F
Through hickory, walnut and pine

[Chorus]
Bb F
Call it progress or a shame, well you can’t stop a train
C
And you can’t stop the marching of time
Bb F
They’ll cut down the trees and name your new streets
F C F
Hickory, Walnut and Pine