Steve Earle – The Mountain (Guitar)

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The Mountain - Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band [Intro] D D D Bm Bm D Em G Bm Bm [Verse]
      D                                 Bm
I was born on this mountain a long time ago 

            D                Em         G               Bm
Before 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
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night
[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 

         D           Em             G             D  
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
[Verse]
      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 and I went down in the mine
[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 

         D           Em             G             D  
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
[Solo] D D D Bm Bm D Em G
A A
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[Verse]
          D                                            Bm
There's a hole in this mountain and 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
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 

         D           Em             G             D  
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
[Outro] D Em G D