Chords for The Spinney Brothers - Digging In The Ground

This comes from the [D] songbook of the great Larry Sparks.
[G] And for the most part on our CDs, we try to bring new songs to Bluegrass.
And although this isn't brand new, it's somewhat of an obscure song of Larry's.
Larry, a number of [G#] years ago, recorded one of our [F#] songs, so we thought we'd return the [F#] favor and do one of his.
This is a great song.
It [G] has a whole lot of meaning into it, if you listen to the [Em] words.
It's essentially a mining song, but it really talks about the way society is today,
and [F] maybe the way it shouldn't be, [G] increasingly.
Here's one titled, Digging in the Ground. _ _ _
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_ In a little sleepy hollow, way back in the hills, [C] there used to be a little [G] country town.
_ There lived the finest people that you'd ever host, [C] till they started digging [G] in the ground.
_ Since they started digging in the ground.
_ _ _ _ _ I remember very clear, just [D] that time before, [C] the coal trucks came a-rumbling [D] through our town.
_ Making overnight millionaires [G] out of people who were poor.
[D] Well they [C] turned the hills and the hollers upside down, when they started digging in the ground. _ _ _
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_ _ There were shady roads of maple trees and green mountainside, [C] till they turned the [G] mountains all around.
_ Now the land is starting to batter, and the [D] shade trees have died.
[C] I'm a shade tree, calling [D] my hometown.
_ Since [G] they started digging in the ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ People used to help their neighbors, they were proud to be a friend.
But now a [C] helping hand could [G] not be found.
_ Ain't it funny how a dollar builds a wall around a man.
[C] Now they cling to the riches [G] they have found.
Since they started digging in the ground.
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_ _ _ _ If I had the power to change it, I'd make it like it was, [C] before a seam of [D] coal was ever found.
_ Where people loved each other and they put their trust in God.
[C] Well it's too late now to turn [G] it back around.
Since they started digging in the ground. _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ Since they started digging in the ground. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Thank you folks, that's digging in the ground.
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