Sixteen Lanes Of Highway - Murray Mclauchlan Chords
Chords: C#m, A, E, B7, Bm7, F#7
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Genre: folk, rock, pop
[Intro]
C#m A E A E
[Verse]
E B7 E
I once had a swamp when I was younger
E B7 E
The ducks and geese would pass in the fall and spring
Bm7 A
Bulrushes sighed and the frogs would roar like thunder
F#7 B7
In the evening you could hear the blackbirds sing
E B7 E
And to the east, rose briar hill above me
E B7 E
And we’d sit up there and watch the clouds roll by
Bm7 A
We didn’t know that we’d be saying so long
F#7 B7
To the frogs and to the birds and the dragonflies
[Chorus]
E B7 E
Now paradise is 16 lanes of highway
E B7 E
And the peace is gone and the cars roll by each day
C#m A
And the house in which I grew now affords a lonely view
E B7 A E
It overlooks a 16 lane highway
E B7 E
And the tractors came and the trucks and the heavy graders
E B7 E
And in a month, they tore that swamp apart
Bm7 A
And they left an ugly scar while we stood watching
F#7 B7
For a progress a mind of planner’s work of art
E B7 E
And the people that I knew all started moving
E B7 E
And the houses stood there empty row on row
Bm7 A
And the ones that didn’t take the easy money
F#7 B7
Were later sold out short and forced to go
[Chorus]
E B7 E
Now paradise is 16 lanes of highway
E B7 E
And the peace is gone and the cars roll by each day
C#m A
And the house in which I grew now affords a lonely view
E B7 A E
It overlooks a 16 lane highway
[Harmonica Solo]
E A E
E A E
C#m A
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