Chords
Building Of The Road

Key: C

Introduction: C    

difficulty
very easy |||||
                                                                     F  C  
One day the little house
                                                          F  C  
Was surprised to see
                                                                F  C  
A car on the dirt road
                                                                             F  C  
Where a carriage used to be
                  G  
Pretty soon there were more
          F  
And as time passed
          C                                      F  C  
The surveyors came
                                                                                F  C  
And drew a line in the grass
                                                G                                 F                                    C  
The steam shovels dug, then the trucks brought stones
                        F                              C                    Dm                                      G  
Then the steam roller came and smoothed out the road
          C                                 G                      F                    C  
The little house, she could never be sold
                  F                 C                            G                                      C  
So she sat and watched the building of the road
                                                                                     F  C  
First it was gasoline stations
                                                        F  C  
And roadside stands
                                                                     F  C  
As roads became highways
                                                                F  C  
And carved up the land
G  
Everything moved
             F  
Much faster than before
                        C                                                         F  C  
Then the city came and knocked
                                                                          F  C  
On the little house's door
                                                G                                 F                                    C  
The steam shovels dug, then the trucks brought stones
                        F                              C                    Dm                                      G  
Then the steam roller came and smoothed out the road
          C                                 G                      F                    C  
The little house, she could never be sold
                  F                 C                            G                                      C  
So she sat and watched the building of the road
             G         F         C      F         C            Dm    G  
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C         G         F         C      F         C            Dm    C  
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
             G         F         C      F         C            Dm    G  
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
C         G         F         C      F         C            Dm    C            G  
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
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                     F                                                                         C      F    C  
No more children playing in the brook
                                        Dm                                            G    C    G  
No more daisies covering the hill
                                          F                            C    F    C  
No more harvest gatherings
                                                     Dm                         G  
No more apple trees in blossom
C         G         F         C      F         C         Dm  G    C  
Lala lala lala la, lala lala la la la