Jason Isbell

Decoration Day

Jason Isbell

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Decoration Day

Written by Jason Isbell

	  		Intro 
| C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am | 

Verse 1:

C C/B Am Am/E . It's Decoration Day . . C C/B Am Am/E . And I've a mind to roll a stone on his grave C C/B Am Am/E . What would he say? . . G G/B Am He'd say, "Keepin' me down, boy, won't keep you away"

Verse 2:

C C/B Am Am/E . It's Decoration Day . . C C/B Am Am/E And I knew the Hill boys would put him away . C C/B Am Am/E My Daddy wasn't afraid . G G/B Am Said, "We'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day"

Verse 3:

C C/B Am Am/E Well, I never knew how it all got started C C/B Am Am/E . Problem with Holland before we were born C C/B Am Am/E And I don't know the name of the boy we tied down G G/B Am And we beat 'til he just couldn't walk anymore

Verse 4:

C C/B Am Am/E But I know the caliber in Daddy's chest C C/B Am Am/E I know what Holland Hill drives . C C/B Am Am/E The state let him go so I guess it was best G G/B Am 'Cause nobody needs all us Lawsons alive
Break 1 | G G/B | Am | Em | Em | Em | Em |

Verse 5:

C C/B Am Am/E My Daddy said one of the boys had come by C C/B Am Am/E The lumber man's favorite son . C C/B Am Am/E He said, “Beat him real good but don't dare let him die” G G/B Am And if you see Holland Hill run

Verse 6:

C C/B Am Am/E Well, I said, “They ain't give us trouble no more C C/B Am Am/E That we ain't brought down on ourselves” . C C/B Am Am/E But a chain on my back and my ear to the floor G G/B Am And I'll send all the Hill Boys to hell G G/B Am | Em | Em | Em | Em | I'll send all the Hill boys to hell
Break 2 | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am |

Verse 7:

C C/B Am Am/E . It's Decoration Day . . C C/B Am Am/E And I've got family in Mobile Bay . C C/B Am Am/E They ain't never seen my Daddy's grave . . G G/B Am That don't bother me, it ain't marked anyway

Verse 8:

C C/B Am Am/E 'Cause I got dead brothers in Lauderdale south C C/B Am Am/E And I got dead brothers in east Tennessee C C/B Am Am/E My Daddy got shot right in front of his house G G/B Am He had no one to fall on but me

Verse 9:

C C/B Am Am/E . It's Decoration Day . . C C/B Am Am/E And I've a mind to go spit on his grave C C/B Am Am/E If I was a Hill, I'd have put him away G G/B Am And I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day G G/B Am I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day G G/B Am Am I'd fight 'til the last Lawson's last livin' day
Outro: | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | | C G | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C G | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am Am/E | | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | C C/B | Am Am/E | G G/B | Am |

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