Song Name: | The Coming Of The Roads | By: | Judy Collins, Peter, Paul Mary |
Posted By: | WaltP | Difficulty: | Any |
Key: | A | Genre: | Folk |
Harp Type: | Chromatic | ||
Created: | 2009-08-24 19:08:27 | Modified: | 2009-08-24 19:08:51 |
Song: | THE COMING OF THE ROADS
By: Billy Ed Wheeler Judy Collins, Peter, Paul & Mary Key: A 5* -5 5* -4 5* 6 -7 -3 Now that our moun-tain is grow-ing -3 -3 -4 -4 5* -5 5* With peo-ple hun-gry for wealth 5* -5 5* -4 5* 6 -7-8 -7 How come it's you that's a-'go-ing -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -6* 6 6 And I'm left a-lone by my-self 5* -5 5* -4 5* 6 -7 -3 We used to hunt the cool cav-erns -3 -3 -4 -4 5* -5 5* Deep in our for-est of green 5* -5 5* -4 5* 6 -7 -7 Then came the road and the tav-erns -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 -7 7-6*6 And you found a new love it seems 8* -8 -8 -8 -6* -7 7-6* 6 Once I had you and the wild wood -6* -6* 6 6 -5 5* Now it's just dust-y road 6 6 8* -8 8* 10 -8 10 -98*-8-6* And I can't help from blam-ing your go- ing -6*-6* -8 -6* -6* 7 7 -7 -8 -7 On the com-ing, the com-ing of the roads Look how they've cut all to pieces Our ancient poplar and oak And the hillsides are stained with the greases That burned up the heavens with smoke You used to curse the bold crewmen Who stripped the earth of its ores Now you've changed and you've gone over to them And You've learned to love what you hated before Once I thanked God for my treasures Now like rust, it corrodes I can't help bur blaming you going On the coming, the coming of the roads |