Merle Haggard – Theyre Tearin The Labor Camps Down (Guitar)

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[Intro] D D D D D D D D [Verse 1]
       D                G               D  
I came back to this old town because my home was here

       D                A                 D
And to try to find some things I'd left behind

     D          G              D  
We'd only been away for just a few short years

         D             A              D
But I forgot about the pace of modern times.
[Verse 2]
      D            G            D
I saw changes all around me and some were good

      D           A                D
But I hardly recognized my side of town

          D                 G               D
They tore down the swingin' casing from the cottonwood

         D                 A              D
And that tree was all that marked familar ground.
[Chorus]
            D           G           D
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down

      F#7                         Bm 
And I feel a little sentimental shame

          G                                D
Where's a hungry man gonna live at in this town

            D           A          (D)
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down.
[Interlude] D D D D D D D D [Verse 3]
    D              G               D
The Hilltop family market had been moved somewhere

        D                   A             D
And the name was changed to fit the newer homes

D              G              D
Folks that I remember were no longer there

        D             A               D
And the cabin that my daddy built was gone.
[Chorus]
            D           G           D
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down

      F#7                         Bm 
And I feel a little sentimental shame

          G                                D
Where's a hungry man gonna live at in this town

            D           A           D
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down.
[Chorus]
       D           G           D
You're tearin' the labor camps down

      F#7                         Bm 
And I feel a little sentimental shame

          G                                D
Where's a hungry man gonna live at in this town

            D           A          (D)
Oh, they're tearin' the labor camps down.
[Outro] D D D D