Intro - DCGGCG
They come down from Washington city to our blue ridge mountain home
DCG
And they crossed that crooked river to the valley down below
GCG
I was swimming in that water when they came up to the shore
DCG
Saying sorry son this won't be dry land here anymore
DCG
Yes and my home town is a half mile down
CG
Its a half mile of water all around all around
DCG
My home town is a half mile down
GCG
First they started their surveying and making up their plans
DCG
To flood that peaceful valley just to build Watogga dam
GCG
Well they brought in their bulldozers and pushed our homes away
DCG
And they handed me a shovel and sixty cents a day
DCG
Singing my home town is a half mile down
CG
Its a half mile of water all around all around
DCG
My home town is a half mile down
DCG
So they stripped out all the timber and they leveled all the land
DCG
And they drilled and dynamited til they blew the mountains in
EmAm
I tore down my old home place and I dug up daddy's grave
CD
And I relocated mama to fourteen miles away
GCG
Now I look out on the water that rose upon that day
DCG
By the banks of the old Wattoga where I once used to play
GCG
Yes I look out on that water where they made their big mistake
DCG
And covered up our hometown 'neath that god forsaken lake
DCG
Singing my hometown is a half mile down
CG
Its a half mile of water all around all around
DCG
My home town is a half mile down
CG
Its a half mile of water all around all around
DCG
My home town is a half mile down
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.