Middle Mountain Towns

Written by: Paul Hoffman 
Appears on: Live at Bells

Chorus/Intro:
These old hills still give me life
But everytime you’re passin’ thru, it seems to be raining
Living high in these middle mountain towns
 G
Verse:
C                    D                          C               D                    
Your papa’s daddy couldn’t stay here anymore
C                         D                        C                         D
They bought off the cattle took away all the corn
                Am     F          C                   F          C          G
Left the farmhouse in shambles… had to move along
C                      D                      C           D  
Same old moonshine, a recipe from time
 C                         D             C                     D
We grow this land so we can feed a family
             Am     F                     C                  F        c            G                      
Getting by without the corporate… phenomena of greed


Chorus
C               F                            G    
These old hills still give me life
F                                 C                          G                           Am
But everytime you’re passin’ thru, it seems to be raining
F                                  G                          Am              
Living high in these middle mountain towns
  F     C    G>>

****Repeat Verse chords and chorus chords throughout***

Verse
This fall I’ll take the buck that’s been on my land for years
Make way for another in a bounty for a feast
We can make or break our lives… [at] the mercy of our hands

Chorus

Verse
And I can’t wrap the time or turn my back to this
Move on to frozen grocery and a commercial life of bliss
I will raise, live and die… the only way that I know
 Chorus

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