That Mountain

D D There's a big black train I've been hearin' all my life C D Every night at sundown I hear it's lonesome cry When I look through the screen door I see a rocking chair C My mama's sitting in it thinking 'bout that world out there G C D G A D She wants to go over that mountain to see what's on the other side G C D Bm A D She said "I want to go over that mountain before the day that I die" D She's never set foot out of this poor valley holler C D But she talks about her dreams of some other way of life 87 years of living and never had much of anything C D Is it asking too much to see a damned old diesel train G C D G A D She wants to go over that mountain to see what's on the other side G C D Bm A D She said "I want to go over that mountain before the day that I die" D 20 years ago today my daddy left this holler C D He said "I'll be coming back tomorrow night" I remember the sound of his boot heels in the gravel C D Well he ain't been back since and he never said goodbye G C D G A D She wants to go over that mountain to see what's on the other side G C D Bm A D She said "I want to go over that mountain before the day that I die" Bm A D Before the day that I die