D                       G     D
An angel appeared in a holy vision
D                         A
Stood by my bedside in shivering light
         Bm                 G
Spoke my name, told me my mission
D                    Em                 A
I could not believe I was hearing him right
                F#m         Bm
'Cause he said, "Go, my son, go,

always go to
   F           D         Em               A          
East Asheville Hardware before you go to Lowe's."


[Verse 2]
                 G                  D
He said "Go to East Asheville Hardware
A               Bm
before you go to Lowe's"
            G       D                  B7
"You'll help to keep them open, I'm worried
             Bm
they might close
G                  D
From the stiff competition from the
G                 Bm
National Conglomerate
         Em                         D
With the full page ad in the color section
        G             A
of the Sunday paper supplement
      G                 F#m
And stacks of plastic swimming pools and
  Em                 D
seven brands of power tools
     F#m             Bm
And rows and rows of registers,
     Em           A
all having nice days"


[Verse 3]
          G        F#m                Em                   A
"But no, you go", he said to me with light around his face
          G        F#m         Em       A
He said, "You go first to that age-old place
A                  Bm             Em       A        D
To that old wooden door that you have to close behind you
         E          Bm            Em        A
To the wide-board wooden floor, worn down soft"
         G                  F#m       Em           D
"To the real thing, a good advice, quality at the fair price
     G               Bm               Em         A
And know that they know how deep the frost goes here


[Verse 4]
  G                       F#m                  E       A         D
I'm sure there's stuff you'll have to find at Penny's, Lowe's or Sears"
            G               F#m
"But go to East Asheville Hardware
       D                 Em
Go to East Asheville Hardware
 A         D7      D
before it disappears"