Chords for West Virginia - This Is My Home

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[G] Early in the morning, first day of the year, I walked up the mountain [D] in the [C] path of a deer.
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[Em] Up past the strip job, [G] [Em] sumac and scrub, [G] up [C] where the [G] big [D] trees grow. _
[C] And I looked down the valley, [Am] I looked down the [G] valley hole, _ _ _ _ _
[C] and the smoke from the [Am] chimneys rose in the air [D] below.
_ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ This [C] is my [G] hole, _ [D] _ _ _
[C] my [G] hole, _ [D] _ _ _
[C] it's my [G] hole.
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[Em] Once there were [G] cabins [Em] built of mud and logs, [G]
[Em] once there were farmers [D] with their [C] sheep and their dogs,
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[Em] once there were soldiers [G] marching [Em] down the road, [G]
and [C] then the [G] coal [D] trains came.
_ [C] And I looked down the valley, looked down the valley [G] hole,
_ _ _ _ _ and [C] the sun hits the mountain, _ [Am] turns the gray [D] trees gold.
_ _ _ _ This is [C] my _ [G] hole, [D] _ _ _
[C] my [G] hole, _ [D] _ _ it's [C] my _ [G] _ [D] hole.
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[Em] the bruising, [G] _ [Em] under the scars, _ [G]
[Em] under the shouting [D] and the [C] guns and the farts,
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[Em] this tender valley [G] _ [Em] opens its eyes, [G]
it's [C] like a [G] new [D] born child.
_ [C] And I looked down the valley, [Am] I looked down the [G] valley hole,
this _ _ _ [C] whole world is a mystery, [G] [Am] but there's one thing [D] I know,
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ this is [C] my hole, [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
[C] my [Em] hole, _ [D] _ _ it's [C] my [G] hole.
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