The Legend of Elmer Getz (a moon shining quarry man)

CAPO IV

Intro: (G, D, G)

(G)There's an old copper coil half buried in the ground

(G)from the (Em)time old (C)Elmer of the (G)mountain was around.

(G)About a mile from the trees where the (Em)apples feed the (G)bees

(G)that's where Elmer's (D)moonshine (G)still used to be.

(G)A big old black bear still sniffs around the (Em)gho(C)stly (G)shack

(G)looking (C)for some (G)squeezings from Elmer's old (D)Apple (G)Jack.

chorus

(G)Across the (C)Lehigh (G)River up (Em)back on the (C)Springhill (G)Road

(G)That's (C)where the (G)story of (Em)old (C)Elmer is (G)told

(G)Around a (C)campfire (G)burning in a (F)rim of (G)steel

(G)My uncle says that this old (Em)rim is from (G)Elmer's old (D)wagon (G)wheel

(G)Elmer mined the flagstone with dynamite and a homemade crane

(G)he'd (Em)load it on his (C)Willies truck and the (G)chassis still remains

(G)down at Elmer's dump rusty (Em)fenders among the (G)bottles

(G)he used to haul that (D)stone through the river with a steady (G)throttle

(G)You can find Elmer's stone through(Em)out White (C)Haven (G)town

(G)from up on (C)Springhill (G)Mountain where the blasting (D)used to (G)sound

bridge

(G)High (C)on the (G)mountain or (Em)down on the (C)river be(G)low

(G)Where (C)is old (G)Elmer, well there (Em)aint no(C)body who (G)knows

(G)Loading (C)up some (G)flagstone and (F)stepping on the (G)throttle

(G)Or down in his old moonshine (Em)shack (G)filling filling (F)filling up some (G)bottles to (D)take over (G)town

(G)Now with firelight in our eyes and spirits in our hands

(G)looking (Em)over the (C)family farm telling (G)stories about the land

(G)Grandma misses Elmer but she says he (Em)acted a little (G)crazy

(G)but when she hits the (D)hardstuff her memory gets a little (G)hazy

(G)My uncle was just a boy but his (Em)memo(C)ries are (G)fond

(G)hiding (C)neath the (G)Willies dodging shrapnel down by (D)Elmer's (G)pond

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(G)Across the (C)Lehigh (G)River up (Em)back on the (C)Springhill (G)Road

(G)That's where the story (C)of old (G)Elmer old (Em)Elmer of the (C)mountain is (G)told

(G)Around a (C)campfire (G)burning in a (F)rim of (G)steel

(G)My uncle says that this old (Em)rim is from (G)Elmer's old (D)wagon (G)wheel

(G)My uncle says that this old (Em)rim is from (G)Elmer's old (D)wagon (C)wheel

end (G, C, G)

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