Steve Earle

The Mountain(Chords)

Steve Earle

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D                                               Bm  
I was born on this mountain a long time ago   
D                                           Em              G                   Bm  
?fore they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal.   
D                                                 Bm  
When you rose in the mornin' before it was light,   
           D                 Em             G             Bm       A  
Go down in that dark hole and come back up at night. 

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, D Em G D But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home.
D Bm I was young on this mountain but now I am old, D Em G Bm And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole D Bm Till one night I lay down and woke up to find D Em G Bm A That my childhood was over; I went down in the mine. (Chorus) Instrumental break D Bm There's a hole in this mountain; it's dark and it's deep D Em G Bm And God only knows all the secrets it keeps. D Bm There's a chill in the air only miners can feel D Em G Bm A And there?s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed. (Chorus)

Written by Steve Earle

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