Dollard Marlowe chords

[D]Dollard Marlowe doesn’t live on the Kaywood Road any[G]more [D]

They took him to the City to a [C]government old age home [A]

[D]All of us eventually will w[G]ither and grow old [D]

Dollard Marlowe doesn’[C]t live on the Kaywood Road anymore [D]

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[D]The wood pile by the back shed, the work of his wi[G]thered hands [D]

Home built of local pine, wh[C]en he was a young man [A]

Now they got hi[D]m in that city compound ‘til he breathes [G]no more [D]

I wonder if he’d rathe[C]r die along the Kaywood Road [D] [D7]

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Last sum[G]mer, Dollard shared a pot of Stag Creek countr[C]y tea [G]

[D]He poured himself a shaky cup, then one for Billy and me [A]

In le[G]aving, we promised him we’d come again f[D]or sure

But Dollard Marlowe doesn’t li[C]ve on the Kaywood Road anymore [D]

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[D]Progress teaches all of us, we must pay[G] its price [D]

Electric lights are practica[C]l, but a lantern sure is nice [A]

Don’t t[D]rust your neighbour out of fear that he might get [G]you first [D]

And don’t dare die until [C]you’ve checked with the city officials first [D] [D7]

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[G]Dollard now is crying out for the only life he[C] knows [G]

[D]Cursing modern progress that took away his home [A]

But o[G]ne day soon his soul will come back to that cabin door [D]

And stare upon the pavement the[C]y’ve laid on the Kaywood Road [D]

No, Do[D]llard Marlowe doesn’t [C]live on that dusty road anymore [D]