Son Of The Mountains (Official Video Music Video Part 1) Chords

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_ [D] _ _ _ In the hollers here, there's an echo [G] of the people that [A] moved here to work these [D] mines
and dig the coal that would power this country.
Hard-working, free-spirited, [Em] defiant people.
[A] They came from faraway places and brought their [B] music with them.
_ [D] Old songs that would bounce off [E] the rocks on the side of these [A] river [D] canyons.
_ I'm from [E] here.
This place shaped the way that I look at the world.
And I've seen a lot of it [B] now.
_ I realize there's [A] nowhere more beautiful, [D] or wild, _ or free.
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_ _ _ _ Since _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the days of probation, around here they've been making shine.
I had an uncle go to prison running jugs across state lines.
[D] He told the judge who let him out, [Am] you'll never [E] catch me doing that [A]
again.
_ They got a faster car and they never did.
I'm [E] a son of the mountains.
_ I'm a son [A] of a gun.
_ I'm as [E] free as a river.
Through this _ [A] _ [C] hollowed arms, I'm playing [D] who I am, or where [A] I'm from.
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Cause I'm [E] a son, I'm a son [A] of the _ mountains.
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_ [E] _ _ [A] By the time they make it legal, you're a long way down that road.
Hell, I don't care who you marry, what you grew, or what you grow.
[D] Here we believe in freedom.
If there's a hill to die on, [Bm] well [A] that's mine.
Yeah, it might be an uphill climb, but I'm a [E] son of the mountains.
I'm a [A] son of a gun. _
Would [E] you like a little moonshine?
I think [A] I've got [B] some.
Little [D] uphill climb don't scare me [A] none.
[F#m] _ _ [E] I'm a son, I'm a [A] son of the mountains.
We ain't got much, but we love what we [G] got.
Appalachian values shine through.
This is the story of my life. _ _
_ [Am] _ Good Lord willing and the creek [A] don't rise.
It don't matter when you're up this high.
Dog on the porch, [D] chicken in a pan.
[F#m] Come on baby, take [B] my [D] _ hand. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Am] _ Yeah, just [A] gotta love the land.
I'm a son [E] of a man.
_ I'm a [A] son of a gun.
_ I'm a friend [E] of the river.
River is [A] hard to [G] run.
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said, those don't scare [A] me none.
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_ [E] I'm a son, I'm a son _
_ _ [Bm] _ [A] of the mountains.
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Good Lord willing and the creek don't rise. _ _
_ _ It don't matter when you're up this [E] _
_ high.
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_ _ _ _ _ I'm a [A] son of a man, I'm a son of a man. _ _ _ _
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No matter how hard it gets, me and her, we've been through [A] a lot down here.
And [B] it's always going to be [Am] alright. _ _ _
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