Bobby Bare – They Covered Up The Old Swimmin Hole (Guitar)
Capo 3
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
As recorded by Bobby Bare
(From the 1967 Album A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY)
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D G D Boring through the mountains by-passing the towns G D E7 A7 Interstate 90 is a sight to behold D G D But that monument to progress and engineering skill G A D Has covered up the old swimmin' hole
[Verse 2]
D G D Thirty feet straight up from where the old hole stood G D E7 A7 They sell twenty kinds of icecream and the food is good D G D But it never can compare with the food for the soul G A D You could get for a dip in the old swimmin' hole
[Chorus]
G D Oh the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep G D E7 A7 Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet D G D And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul G D A D And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole
[Harmonica Solo]
D G D A D
[Verse 3]
D G D G D E7 A7 A symbol of our great and affluent society Interstate 90 fulfillment of our goals D G D G A D But that masterpiece of human ingenuity has covered up the old swimmin' hole
[Verse 4]
D G D Gone the wooden schoolhouse the old country store G D E7 A7 The winding dirt road that's winding no more D G D And the old swimmin' hole hears the sound of speeding wheels G D A D Entombed beneath a blanket of concrete and steel
[Out-Chorus]
G D Oh the old swimmin' hole her cool waters ran deep G D E7 A7 Felt good to a boy with mud on his feet D G D And I'm wishing these days I could strip to my soul G D A D And go for a dip in the old swimmin' hole