The Day The Saw-mill Closed Down Chords
by Dickey Lee
The Day The Saw-mill Closed Down by Dickey Lee is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords C#, F#, G#, C#7, D, G and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: (C# F#) (2x)
Verso 1:
C# F# C# F#
Her house on the corner of Cedar and Elm..
C# F# C#
still stands in our town.
C# F# C# F#
But it's been empty since she moved away..
C# F# C#
the day that the saw-mill closed down.
F# C#
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
Verso 2:
C# F# C# F#
We'd sit on her porch almost every night..
C# F# C#
I remember how happy we were.
C# F# C# F#
We'd grow up and marry I'd work at the mill..
C# F# C#
to make a living for her.
F# C#
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
Refrão:
F# G# C# F# C#
Her father worked at the mill..like most of the
F# C# C#7
others in town.
F# G# C# F# C#
I lost my girl when he lost his job..the day that
F# C#
the saw-mill closed down.
F# C# D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
Verso 3:
D G D G D
She moved from the corner of Cedar and Elm..and I
G D
never saw her again.
D G D G
But I can still hear her mother's soft voice..saying,
D G D
honey, it's time to come in.
G D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.)
Verso 4:
G A D G D G
No lon..ger do mill hands live here..the giant saws don't
D
make a sound.
G A D G D G
No long..er does my love live here..not since the saw-mill
D
closed down.
Final:
D G D
She left when the saw-mill closed down.
G D
(Oooo-weee-bee-doo.) (2x)