The Highland Light Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F#m][Bm]

[Verse 1]
[D]Up and down the Blue
Ridge mountain [Bm]chain,[A]
they're strippin' coal
Sellin' it across the sea to [G]Japan,
[F#m]so I'm tol[Bm]d
See the [D]mighty wheels of progress turn
and the [A]lanes of commerce run
A cornucopia of junk
it flows from the [G]land of the [F#m]rising [Bm]sun
All [D]across this mighty country, friends,
[Bm]the oak [A]trees turn to gold
We can't afford our timber,
we [G]cannot [F#m]buy our co[Bm]al
Cause the [D]foreigners own houses,
lifestyle [A]like ours they see
So we trade our own resources
for tran[G]sistor[F#m]ized T[Bm]V
So [D]get on board the highland light train
[G]of my palisade
And [A]ride to hell or glory,
it makes no [G]never [F#m]mind to m[Bm]e
This [D]train should not crowd it
an[Bm]d the ti[A]cket fare is free
But it's a long, hot, dusty
ride
backward to [G]1933[F#m][Bm][A]
[G]
[F#m][Bm][A]
[G][F#m][Bm]
Some [D]say that the great invention of all [A]time
It was the wheel, his progress,
really, the [G]auto[F#m]mo biles
[Bm][D]
Immaterialistic slavery,
kind [A]friends, now we must toil
As we bow down
to the idolistic [G]god of [F#m]Arab o[Bm]il
And [D]way down in Alabama,
on the [A]old Browns Ferry Shore
See the TV, a nuclear reactor,
[G]like a [F#m]child of [Bm]war
I'm just [D]sending out the kilowatts
down the [A]Girdard Peak load line
A detriment to society
and a [G]threat to [F#m]all manki[Bm]nd
So [D]get on board the Highland Light train
[G]of my fantasy
And [A]right to hell the glory
makes no [G]never [F#m]mind to m[Bm]e
This [D]train's not crowded
[Bm]and the [A]ticket fare is free
But it's a long, hot, ride
backward to [G]1933 [F#m]three[Bm][A][G]
[F#m][Bm][A]
[G][F#m][Bm]
So [D]get on board the Highland Light train
[G]of my fantasy
And [A]ride to hell or glory,
Max will [G]never [D]mind [F#m]me[Bm]
This [D]train, she's not crowded
and the ticket [A]fare is free
But it's a long, hot, dusty ride
backward to [G]1933