Key: C
Introduction:
C C/B Am Am/E C C/B Am Am/E C C/B Am Am/E G G/B Am
verse 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? . .
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He'd say, "Keepin' me down, boy, won't keep you away"
verse 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 .
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Said, "We'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day"
verse 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
verse 4
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But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest
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I know what Holland Hill drives .
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The state let him go so I guess it was best
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'Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive
Break 1
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Verse 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 .
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He said, ?Beat him real good but don't dare let him die?
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And if you see Holland Hill run
Verse 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
I'll send all the Hill boys to hell
Break 2
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Verse 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 . .
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That don't bother me, it ain't marked anyway
Verse 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
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He had no one to fall on but me
Verse 9
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. It's Decoration Day . .
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And I've a mind to go spit on his grave
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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
I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day
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