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Caroline Herring - Building Of The Road Chords

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Building Of The Road Chords

(ver. 1)
Caroline Herring
CAPO: 5th Fret



INTRO: C  

                          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


CHORUS:
                  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


CHORUS:
                  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


INTERLUDE: 
     G    F    C   F    C     Dm  G
Lala lala lala la, lala lala lala la
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


                ## Spoken ##
        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


OUTRO:
C    G    F    C   F    C    Dm G  C
Lala lala lala la, lala lala la la la            
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