Decoration Day

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
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. It's Decoration Day .  . 
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. And I've a mind to roll a stone on his grave 
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. What would he say? .  . 
           G          G/B              Am 
He'd say, "Keepin' me down, boy, won't keep you away" 


[Verso 2]
 
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. It's Decoration Day .  . 
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And I knew the Hill boys would put him away . 
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My Daddy wasn't afraid . 
            G              G/B           Am 
Said, "We'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day"  


[Verso 3]
 
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Well, I never knew how it all got started 
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. Problem with Holland before we were born 
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And I don't know the name of the boy we tied down 
       G            G/B           Am 
And we beat 'til he just couldn't walk anymore 


[Verso 4]
 
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But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest 
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I know what Holland Hill drives . 
    C             C/B     Am           Am/E 
The state let him go so I guess it was best 
       G      G/B          Am 
'Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive 

Break 1 
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[Verso 5]

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My Daddy said one of the boys had come by 
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The lumber man's favorite son . 
          C             C/B            Am           Am/E 
He said, “Beat him real good but don't dare let him die” 
       G       G/B          Am 
And if you see Holland Hill run 


[Verso 6]
 
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Well, I said, “They ain't give us trouble no more 
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That we ain't brought down on ourselves” . 
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But a chain on my back and my ear to the floor 
         G            G/B          Am 
And I'll send all the Hill Boys to hell 
     G            G/B          Am    | Em | Em | Em | Em | 
I'll send all the Hill boys to hell 

Break 2 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am | 


[Verso 7]

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. It's Decoration Day .  . 
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And I've got family in Mobile Bay . 
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They ain't never seen my Daddy's grave .  . 
     G            G/B          Am 
That don't bother me, it ain't marked anyway 


[Verso 8]
 
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'Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale south 
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And I got dead brothers in east Tennessee 
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My Daddy got shot right in front of his house 
       G         G/B         Am 
He had no one to fall on but me 


[Verso 9]

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. It's Decoration Day .  . 
    C      C/B        Am          Am/E 
And I've a mind to go spit on his grave 
   C       C/B            Am       Am/E 
If I was a Hill, I'd have put him away 
        G              G/B           Am 
And I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day 
    G              G/B           Am 
I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day 
    G              G/B           Am          Am 
I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day 

Outro: 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | 
| C G   | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C G   | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am |