The Mountain

(fade in) ... |C |Am |Am |C Dm |F |Am |Am | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |C |C |Am |Am |C Dm |F |Am |Am | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Am I was born on a mountain a long time ago C Dm F Am Before they cut down the timber and strip-mined the coal C Am When you rose in the mornin' before it was light C Dm F Am To go down in some dark hole come back up at night C Am I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home C Dm F Am and she knows me and keeps me from worry and woe C Am Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone C Dm F C But I will die on this mountain, this mountain's my home C Am I was young on this mountain but now I am old C Dm F Am And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole C Am 'til one day i woke up, I woke up to find C Dm F Am That my childhood is over went down in that mine C Am but I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home C Dm F Am and she knows me and keeps me from worry and woe C Am Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone C Dm F C But I will die on this mountain, this mountain's my home |C |C |Am |Am |C Dm |F |Am |Am | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |C |C |Am |Am |C Dm |F |Am |Am | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | C Am well there's a hole in this mountain it's dark and it's deep C Dm F C And god only knows all the secrets it keeps C Am There's a chill in the air only miners can feel C Dm F Am Well there's ghosts in the tunnels the company sealed C Am but I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home C Dm F Am and she knows me and keeps me from worry and woe C Am Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone Am Dm F C But I will die on this mountain, this mountain's my home