D Bm I was born on this mountain a long time agoD Em G Bm Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coalD Bm When you rose in the mornin' before it was lightD Em G Bm A To go down in that dark hole and come back up at nightD Bm I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my homeD Em G A She holds me and keeps me from worry and woeD Bm Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're goneD Em G D But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my homeD Bm I was young on this mountain but now I am oldContinues after the adD Em G Bm And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' holeD Bm Till one night I lay down and woke up to findD Em G Bm A That my childhood was over and I went down in the mineD Bm I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my homeD Em G A She holds me and keeps me from worry and woeD Bm Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're goneD Em G D But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home SOLOD Bm There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deepD Em G Bm And God only knows all the secrets it keepsD Bm There's a chill in the air only miners can feelD Em G Bm A There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealedD Bm I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my homeD Em G A She holds me and keeps me from worry and woeD Bm Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're goneD Em G D But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
The Mountain
Steve Earle
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