Haw River Ballad

C Am G C Am G C

[Verse 1]
C                        Am
The rolling hills of the Piedmont call out your name
       G                         C
Out to pasture in the sweetest refrain
      C           Am
And I pulled into white cross and got to asking around town
   G                          C
In hopes that I could see you again
        Am                              G
You had gone up to the mountain, higher ground to make a stand
C              Csus2/B      Am
Perched upon a ledge with a rifle in your hand
         G
Singing: I don’t need no man

[Chorus]
   C    Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Am
To miss all those days gone by
    C                     G
And long for those better times
  C  Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Am
I wish I could ease your mind
         C                             G         C     Csus2 C Csus2 C
Like the wind blowing wild through the long leaf pines

[Interlude]
Am C G C Am G C

[Verse 2]
C                 Am
110, it felt like nothing on an August day
            G                  C
Down to the Haw to wash it all away
         C             Am
Hear the holler of the ten point white tailed caller
       G             C
Circle left and promenade
  Am                           G
Cicadas in the summer time and cider in the fall
     C              Csus2/B          Am
If I can’t have the girl I love then I won’t love at all
         G
And I’ll catch my own damn self when I fall

[Chorus]
   C    Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Am
To miss all those days gone by
    C                     G
And long for those better times
  C  Csus2 C   Csus2 C   Am
I wish I could ease your mind
         C                             G         C     Csus2 C Csus2 C
Like the wind blowing wild through the long leaf pines