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Decoration Day

Drive-by Truckers

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Intro chords:
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Capo 3


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It�s Decoration Day
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And I�ve a mind to roll a stone on his grave
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But what would he say
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�Keeping me down, boy, won�t keep me away�
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It�s Decoration Day
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And I knew the Hill Boys that put him away
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But my Daddy wasn�t afraid
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He said �We�d fight till the last Lawson�s last living day�


I never knew how it all got started 
A problem with Holland before we were born 
And I don�t know the name of that boy we tied down 
And beat till he just couldn�t walk anymore
But I know the caliber in Daddy�s chest 
And I know what Holland Hill drives
The state let him go but I guess it was best 
Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive

Daddy said one of the boys had come by 
The lumber man�s favorite son
He said, �Beat him real good but don�t dare let him die�
And if you see Holland Hill run
Well I said, �they ain�t give us trouble no more 
That we ain�t brought down on ourselves� 
But a chain on my back and my ear to the floor 
And I�ll send all the Hill Boys to hell, I�ll send all the Hill boys to hell

It�s Decoration Day 
And I�ve got a family in Mobile Bay 
And they�ve never seen my Daddy�s grave
But that don�t bother me, it ain�t marked anyway
Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale south 
And I got dead brothers in east Tennessee
My Daddy got shot right in front of his house 
He had no one to fall on but me

It�s Decoration Day 
And I�ve got a mind to go spit on his grave
If I was a Hill, I�d have put him away
And I�d fight till the last Lawson�s last living day
I�d fight till the last Lawson�s last living day
I�d fight till the last Lawson�s last living day

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Decoration Day

Drive-by Truckers