Steve Earle - The Mountain 7 guitar chord

The Mountain

Steve Earle with the Del McCory band

Capo 7 (simulates Mandolin)

Verse 1

G Em

I was born on this mountain a long time ago

G Am C Em

Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal

G Em

When you rose in the mornin' fore it was light

G Am C Em D

To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night

Chorus

G Em

I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

G Am C D

She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe

G Em

Well, they took everything she gave, now they're gone

G Am C G

But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

Verse 2

G Em

I was young on this mountain, but now I am old

G Am C Em

And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole

G Em

Till one night I lay down and woke up to find

D Am C Em D

That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

Chorus

Solo/instrumental break G Em G Am C Em G Em G Am C Em D

Verse 3

G Em

There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep

G Am C Em

And God only knows all the secrets it keeps

G Em

There's a chill in the air only miners can feel

G Am C Em D

There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

Chorus