INTRO: FIDDLE & MANDOLIN (2 MEASURES)
HOME IS A HOLLOW GHOST IN MY BONES
HAUNTING ME TO GET UP AND FOLLOW
FEELING THAT BROUGHT ME TO THE ONES I LOVE MOST
IN MY LONESOME REDWOOD HOME
WHERE THE OCEAN ROLLS HEAVY AND THE RIVERS RUN SLOW
YOU CAN PUT OFF THE WORK TIL TOMORROW
WHERE A SMOKE AND A PIPE MIGHT STRETCH INTO NIGHT
AND A FIRE ON THE SANDS ????OF MEN STONE(D)?????
FIDDLE AND MANDO LEAD (2 MEASURES)
I GREW UP IN A TRAILER, IN A HORSE HEAVY TOWN
WITH JUST MY MOM AND MY BROTHER
DAD WASN'T AROUND SO I WAS RAISED BY THE SOUND
OF HIS HANK WILLIAMS RECORDS I FOUND
AND MY FRIENDS WERE THE TREES AND THE OCEAN
AND THE CREEK
AND I SAW MYSELF IN THE ROCKS AND THE SAND
AND THE ROUGH REDWOOD LAND
THAT COMPOSED THIS GHOST IN MY BONES
FIDDLE AND MANDO LEAD (2 MEASURES)
THE HEART OF THE COUNTY LIES IN THE SOUTH
WHERE MY GRANDPA RAISED A FAMILY
AND BUILT HIS OWN HOUSE,
THEN THE STATE STOLD HIS LAND
AND PUT A CHECK IN HIS HAND
BUT NO FAIR MARKET VALUE COULD BUY BACK HIS SOLE.
AND I WATCH HIM GROW, TIRE AND OLD, AND I TOLD MYSELF
THAT SOMEDAY I GO, TAKE BACK WHAT THEY STOLED
AND LIVE IN MY GRANDFATHERS HOUSE
FIDDLE AND MANDO LEAD (2 MEASURES)
WHEN YOU GROW UP FAST, YOU GROW UP STRONG
AND THE TWO GO TOGETHER WITH SORROW
AND WHEN I WAS GROWN I JUST HAD TO GO
AND LEAVE MY REDWOOD HOME
AND I HAVE BEEN FAR AND WIDE CROSSED MANY A STATE LINE,
BUT I ALLWAYS FIND THAT NO MATTER WHERE I GO,
THERE IS THIS GHOST IN MY BONES
CALLING ME TO FOLLOW HIM HOME
AND IF I EVER HAVE A WIFE AND A CHILD OF MY OWN
AND THE BLAZE IN MY SPIRIT GROWS WARM AND LOW
I WILL NEED A PLACE WHERE, WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS
I CAN BUILD A FAMILY AND A HOME
AND IF I CAN'T MAKE A STAND ON MY GRANDFATHER'S LAND
I WILL SETTLE FOR JUST DOWN THE ROAD
BUT FOR NOW I WILL REMAIN, WHEREVER I AM STAYING
HAUNTED BY THIS GHOST IN MY BONES
FIDDLE AND MANDO LEAD (2 MEASURES X 2 & END WITH CHORDS 5,1)
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