The Mountain

Steve Earle

Key of D · Chords: I IV V ii vi

Verse 1

The Mountain - Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band

Intro

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Verse 2

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I was born on this mountain a long time ago
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Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal
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When you rose in the mornin' before it was light
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To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night

Chorus

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I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
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And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
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Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
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But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

Verse 3

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I was young on this mountain but now I am old
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And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole
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Till one night I lay down and woke up to find
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That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

Chorus

      D                                         Bm
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
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And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
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Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
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But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

Solo

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Verse 4

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There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep
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And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
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There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
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There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

Chorus

      D                                         Bm
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
        D            Em            G         A
And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
           D                                          Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
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But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

Outro

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