** Guitar Chords(Capo 3)/Piano Chords

Intro: C/Eb - D/F - G/Bb - Em/Gm - C/Eb - D/F

Verse 1

               G/Bb        D/F           G/Bb
There’s a little town up near the border
                 C/Eb        D/F          G/Bb
That you’ll find at the end of the road
                 C/Eb          D/F                  Bm/Dm     Em/Gm
Where the mining men came with their old country names,
    Am7/Cm7   C/Eb         D/F
In search of a dream long ago

Verse 2
(Same Chords)
It’s a place full of hard working people,

Who carved out a life from the earth

And the pioneer’s will lives on in them still

This land is a treasure, and they know what it’s worth

Chorus
C/Eb            D/F   G/Bb Em/Gm          C/Eb           D/F             G/Bb
I could grow old in Ely,               let the winter wind weather my skin
           C/Eb         D/F        Bm/Dm       Em/Gm      A7/C7                      D/F
Let the wilderness hone my muscles and bones, till I feel like a young man again
           C/Eb           D/F           G/Bb     Em/Gm       C/Eb         D/F         Em/Gm
Let the summer sun redden my shoulders,          as I paddle her waters so blue
 
C/Eb            D/F   G/Bb Em/Gm     Am7/Cm7  D/F             G/Bb
I could grow old in Ely,                so save me a porch with a view
 

Instrumental: C/Eb - D/F - G/Bb - Em/Gm - Am7/Cm7 - D/F - G/Bb - D/F

Verse 3
It’s a place where mukluks are high fashion,

And there’s room for the wolf and the deer

In a song old as time we search for the rhyme

In wind on the water, sweet music rings clear

                                C/Eb            D/F   G/Bb Em/Gm    Am7/Cm7 D/F
Chorus: … then: Yes I could grow old in Ely,              so save me a porch, …
Am7/Cm7 D/F          Am7/Cm7 D/F             G/Bb   C/Eb  G/Bb
                         Just save me a porch with a view

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