Chords for Appalachia ~ Josiah Leming

[Em] I [N] hated it, I hated it growing up.
God, if you could take all the [Ab] amount of hatred you could imagine you could have for a place,
and you could make the hatred as immense as it could be for just a place,
_ it's gotta [Em] be the amount of _ hatred I had for the place I grew up.
_ [C] And I can't help but miss it more and more [Em] each day I'm away from it. _ _
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_ _ [Bm] _ [Em] _ For too many [G] times I've held me in. _
_ [C] _ [G] I put out your _ _ rage in the northbound [D] wind.
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[C] _ My [G] mind is going strong but my body's wearing [F] thin.
[C] And I can't turn this [G] thing around. _ _ _
[A] But [Em] _ _ you [G] might see it every now and then. _
_ [E] _ I [G] blanch in [C] _
sorrow running down my [D] skin. _
[C] _ Cause I'm the man that _ [G] borrows from the man that [F] cleanses.
And [C] I'll _ always let [G] it down. _ _
_ _ _ [F] And every day [C] I try to [G] let it down. _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ [C] And when they [G] lay my body [Em] in the green [D] _ _ [G] _
grass,
I will [C] whisper quiet [G] secrets [Em] to the [Bm] [G] animals that pass.
By [N] the times I'd known I swore I was never [G] coming back.
[C] But I lied, I am _ _ [Em] apalachron.
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I wake up to find [D] that [G] I've outgrown my friends.
_ [C] _ And as seeds grew side by [G] side but my roots grew [D] thin.
_ [C] Then _ one day I blew away [G] in [B] autumn dress of [F] sweat.
[G] And she's never set me _ _ _ [A] down.
_ [Em] _ _
Alone I wean my [B] way [G] through winter _ storms.
_ _ Spring brought new life and summer down [D] it's one.
_ [G] That was put on my mama's knees for me talking to [F] the Lord.
And he [C] won't let me [G] wash it out.
_ _ _ [C] And every day I try to let it [G] down.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] And when they [Em] lay my body in the green, [G] green grass,
I [C] will whisper [G] quiet secrets [Em] to the animals [G] that pass.
By [Cm] the times I walked [E] away, [C] by the times [G] that I ran back.
Cause [C] I lied, [B] I am _ [A] _ _ [Em] apalachron. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ And I [E] am _ _ [C] apalachron running through [G] the trees.
With [Dm] my [B] head above the [Em] clouds and all [C] the ground beneath my feet.
[Abm] Oh, the times I'd known I [C] swore that I would never love [G] these things.
But [Gbm] I lied. _ _ _ _ _
[C] And when they lay [G] my body in the [E] [Gbm] green, green [G] grass,
[C] I will whisper quiet [G] secrets to the _ animals that pass.
By the [C] times I'd known I [F] swore [G] I was never coming back.
[C] But I _ _ lied.
_ Cause [Ab] _
[D] inside, _ _ _ inside [C] I _ _ _ lied.
[G] Cause [E]
inside [D] I am _ _ [Em] apalachron.
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