Nancy Barnett

C C/B Am C C/B Am Dm They say they buried Nancy Barnett G C C/B Up above the banks of Sugar Creek Am Dm Since she always loved the hillside G C C/B It became her final resting place Am Dm For forty years her grave sat silent G C C/B 'Till a brand new road was being laid Am Dm The workers came to Johnson County G C To build a bridge across the creek C7 F With orders that the grave Am Would be dug up and taken away F G Carried far from the hillside C C/B Overlooking the banks of Sugar Creek Am C C/B Am Dm A man who claimed to be her grandson G C C/B Stepped up and fired a warning shot Am Dm And he vowed to k**l the first man G C C/B Who tried to move the family plot Am Dm He stood for weeks beside her headstone G C C/B And guarded her grave both night and day Am Dm The workers tried to persuade him G C But he refused to be driven away C7 F He said, "I'm a peaceful man Am But if you touch my grandma's grave F G Your blood will flow down the hillside C C/B All across the banks of Sugar Creek" Am C C/B Am Dm G C C/B Am Dm G C C7 F F Am F G G C C/B Am C C/B Am Dm Today the cars are passing G C On a winding road heading out of town Am Dm Peaceful Indiana byway G C County Road 400 heading South C7 F That's where the lanes divide Am And in the middle stands a grave F G Still protected on the hillside C C/B Overlooking the banks of Sugar Creek Am G They had to build the road around her C C/B Overlooking the banks of Sugar Creek Am C C/B Am C