Up On The Divide

Intro 
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Go cinch up the saddle, ol Dunny and me 
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Gonna drive up the cattle where the snows used to be 
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I ain't much for nothin, but still I can ride 
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And the springtime's a-comin 
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Up on the divide, 
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Springtime's a-comin up on the divide 


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Ol Charlie he sold out and lost everything 
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A fifty-two Chevy and a Navajo ring 
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Busted flat broken and split open wide 
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And the springtime's a-comin 
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Up On the divide, 
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Springtime's a-comin up on the divide 

Instrumental 
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My granddaddy died here in nineteen and three 
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He left this old shotgun my daddy gave me 
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I hope there's someplace we can all rope and ride 
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And the springtime's a-comin 
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Up On the divide, 
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Springtime's a-comin up on the divide 


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Well that grave on the hillside is long overgrown 
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Been twenty-two years since I gathered stones 
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and Twenty-two more since I made her my bride 
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And the springtime's a-comin 
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Up On the divide, 
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Springtime's a-comin up on the divide 

Instrumental 
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The coal company man wants to eat up your coal 
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First He'll swallow your cattle, then he'll swallow your soul 
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He'll dig you a grave about ten acres wide 
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And the springtime's a-comin 
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Up on the divide, 
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The springtime's a-comin up on the divide 
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Springtime's a-comin on the divide 
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Springtime's a-comin up on the divide 

Outro 
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