Lone Pine Hill Chords & Lyrics by Justin Townes Earle
Lone Pine Hill
guitar chords lyrics
Intro
|: Am C G Am Em G Am :|
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I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes
Em G Am
held up in the middle of the night
Am C G Am
shaking like a pistol in a young man's hand
Em G Am
there in the pale moonlight
Am C G Am
standing up on top of that lonely hill
Em G Am
spared by the company mine
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is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on
Em G Am
in the shadow of a lonely pine
Am C G Am
Ah but back before the war when the company came
Em G Am
these hills grew wild and free
Am C G Am
Me and baby we'd hide in the hollows low
Em G Am
away from the cruel sun's heat
Am C G Am
but then they knocked down the timber and burned off the brush
Em G Am
to get to the riches below
Am C G Am
And when they pulled out they left the cold black ground
Em G Am
And one pine standing alone
Dm Em
So take me home
Am
Lone Pine Hill
Am C G Am
Now I signed up back in sixty-one
Em G Am
I'm an Army of Virginia man
Am C G Am
I been from Manassas to Moconacy all the way to Sayler's Creek
Em G Am
fightin' for my homeland
Am C G Am
Ah but four years gone and all hope lost
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and Richmond under siege
Am C G Am
We're digging out Five Forks waiting in the rain
Em G Am
For Sheridan to bring us to our knees
Dm Em
So take me home
Am
Lone Pine Hill
C G Am
There's a strange moon hanging overhead tonight
C G Am
and if the rain keeps comin' then the creeks gonna rise
Dm G C C/B Am
but with the Good Lord's Grace, I'll make it out of this place
Dm Em Am
and I'll be in your arms come the morning light, I swear
Am C G Am
So God grant me speed, and grant me forgiveness
Em G Am
and carry me all through the night
Am C G Am
take me through your hills and over your rivers
Em G Am
away from this awful fight
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'Cause I never known a man that's ever owned another
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and I ain't never owned nothing of my own
Am C G Am
So after four long years I just can't tell you
Em G Am
what the hell I've been fightin' for
Dm Em
So take me home
Am
Lone Pine Hill
