The Marshall Tucker Band – Fire On The Mountain (Guitar)

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George McCorkle/Marshall Tucker Band [Intro] | G | D | Am | C | G | | Em | Em | C | C | x2 [Verse 1]
Em                           C
  Took my family away from my Carolina home

Em                             C
  Had dreams about the West and started to roam

Em                     C
  Six long months on a dust covered trail

Em                                     C
  They say heaven's at the end, but so far it's been hell
[Chorus]
           G                      D
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air

Am                            C              Em    C  Em  C
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
[Verse 2]
Em                           C
  We were diggin' and siftin' from five to five

Em                            C
  Sellin' everything we found just to stay alive

Em                          C
  Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars

Em                                    C
  Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and Satan was the star
[Chorus]
           G                      D
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air

Am                            C              Em    C  Em  C
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
[Instrumental] | G | D | Am | C | G | | G | D | Am | C | | Em | C | Em | C | | Em | C | Em | C | [Verse 3]
Em                         C
  Dance hall girls were the evenin' treat

Em                                     C
  Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street

Em                          C
  Men were shot down for the sake of fun

Em                                  C
  Or just to hear the noise of their forty four guns
[Chorus]
           G                      D
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air

Am                            C              Em    C  Em  C
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
[Verse 4]
Em                 C
  Now my widow, she weeps by my grave

Em                           C
  Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save

Em                             C
  Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame

Em                              C
  All for a useless and no good, worthless claim
[Chorus]
           G                      D
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air

Am                            C              G
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there

G                      D
 Fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air

Am                            C              Em
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there

C                 G
   Waitin' for me there...