Clear Cut Chords
by Blue Highway
Clear Cut by Blue Highway is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A, C, G, Am and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse
D A
Way back in the mountains on the high knob by the ridge
C G D
My grandpa built our cabin where we lived for 40 years
D Am
Spent my happy childhood beneath the hardwood trees
C G C D C D A
I didn't know what I had then was all I'd ever need
D A
Mountain laurels blooming, it was early in the spring
C G D
Lookin' out my window on a sea of endless green
D Am
Rich men from the city came to buy our land today
C G C D
Took 200 years to grow, but it's gone in 30 days
Am C
Mud slides down the mountain, there's no way to stop the flood
G D A
Hills without their timbers, like a man without his blood
Am C
Scars upon the land, those wounds will never heal
C D A C D A
But a greedy man will never get his fill
Solo
Am C
G D A
Am C
C D A C D A
Am C
Mud slides down the mountain, there's no way to stop the flood
G D A
Hills without their timbers, like a man without his blood
Am C
Scars upon the land, those wounds will never heal
Ending
C D A
But a greedy man will never get his fill
C D A
I can't go back and I know I never will
C D A E
I hope someday they know the way I feel