Justin Townes Earle – Lone Pine Hill (Ukulele)

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I swear I see her in my dreams sometimes 

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held up in the middle of the night 

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shaking like a pistol in a young man's hand 

Em           G        Am
there in the pale moonlight 

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standing up on top of that lonely hill 

Em            G       Am
spared by the company mine 

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is my blue-eyed baby with her best dress on 

       Em          G      Am
in the shadow of a lonely pine 

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Ah but back before the war when the company came 

      Em         G        Am
these hills grew wild and free 

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Me and baby we'd hide in the hollows low 

Em            G           Am
away from the cruel sun's heat 

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but then they knocked down the timber and burned off the brush 

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to get to the riches below 

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And when they pulled out they left the cold black ground 

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And one pine standing alone 

           Dm          Em       
So take me home

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Lone Pine Hill 

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Now I signed up back in sixty-one 

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I'm an Army of Virginia man 

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I been from Manassas to Moconacy all the way to Sayler's Creek 

Em           G      Am
fightin' for my homeland 

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Ah but four years gone and all hope lost 

    Em       G     Am
and Richmond under siege 

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We're digging out Five Forks waiting in the rain 

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For Sheridan to bring us to our knees 

           Dm          Em       
So take me home

          Am
Lone Pine Hill 

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     There's a strange moon hanging overhead tonight 

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     and if the rain keeps comin' then the creeks gonna rise 

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  but with the Good Lord's Grace, I'll make it out of this place 

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  and I'll be in your arms come the morning light, I swear 

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So God grant me speed, and grant me forgiveness 

    Em       G               Am
and carry me all through the night 

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take me through your hills and over your rivers 

 Em            G     Am
away from this awful fight 

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'Cause I never known a man that's ever owned another 

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and I ain't never owned nothing of my own 

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So after four long years I just can't tell you 

         Em             G        Am
what the hell I've been fightin' for 

           Dm          Em       
So take me home

          Am
Lone Pine Hill