INTRO: Em G D Am Em G D C
VERSE:
Em G
Granddad was a union man,
D Am
Worked deep beneath the ground
Em G
Said a prayer in the morning,
D C
And again to see the sun go down
Em G
Day from night by lantern light,
D Am
To earn enough to eat
C G
Saturday moon on the mountainside,
D Em
The fiddle moved their feet
VERSE:
Em G
Went in the mines at fourteen,
D Am
Took a wife at twenty one
Em G
Raised five kids in the holler,
D C
Like his daddy done
Em G
Company cut costs and corners,
D Am
Everywhere it could
C G
Still every Sunday they gave thanks,
D Em
That they had it good
CHORUS:
C G
I know that times are changing,
D G
They say progress is good
C G
But do we honor honest work,
D Em
Like my granddaddy would
C G
The eagle soaring high,
D G
Would he recognize this land
C G
Built upon the sturdy backs,
D Em
Of those who made by hand
INSTRUMENTAL:
Em G D Am Em G D C
VERSE:
Em G
My daddy left these mountains
D Am
For the mills of Ohio
Em G
He rolled the steel that won the war,
D C
Far away from his home
Em G
Back in grandad’s holler,
D Am
Big timber stripped the land
C
Laid the railroad tracks
G
That can’t bring back,
D Em
The lives they’d made by hand
CHORUS:
C G
I know that times are changing,
D G
They say progress is good
C G
But do we honor honest work,
D Em
Like my granddaddy would
C G
The eagle soaring high,
D G
Would he recognize this land
C G
Built upon the sturdy backs,
D Em
Of those who made by hand, hey, hey, hey
INSTRUMENTAL:
Em G D Am Em G D C
Em G D Am Em G D C
VERSE:
Em G
I long for West Virginia,
D Am
Her hard blue rolling hills
Em G
Memories of childhood,
D C
I hear those echoes still
Em G
But our families stories vanished,
D Am
No trace I could find
C G
They even tore the mountain down,
D Em
Where grandad used to mine
CHORUS:
C G
I know that times are changing,
D G
They say progress is good
C G
But do we honor honest work,
D Em
Like my granddaddy would
C G
The eagle soaring high,
D G
Would he recognize this land
C G
Built upon the sturdy backs,
D Em
Of those who made by hand
OUTRO:
C G
Built upon the sturdy backs,
D Em
Of those who made by hand