The Mountain Cifras

The Mountain - Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band
 
[Intro]
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[Verse]
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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]
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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 
        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]
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[Verse]
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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 
         D           Em             G             D
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
 
[Outro]
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