Chords for Steve Earle.The Mountain

_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _
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I made a record in [B] _ _ _
1998 or 9 with the Del McCoury band called The Mountain.
And what I wanted to do was write a whole record of new bluegrass songs.
It was a songwriting project.
And then record them with the best [C] bluegrass band in the world.
[G] This song is called The Mountain.
[C] I _ _ _ _
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_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ was born on this mountain a _ long [Bm] time ago
Before _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] they knocked down [Bm] the timber _ [G] and they stripped mine of [Bm] coal _ _
_ _ [D] When you rose in the morning for _ [A] it was [Bm] light _
Wind _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] down in [E] that dark coal [D] come back up at night
[Bm] _ I _
_ [D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] was born on this mountain, this mountain's [Bm] my home
_ And [D] she holds me [Em] and keeps [D] me from worry and woe
[A] _ _ _
[D] Well they took _ everything that she gave now they're [Bm] gone _ _ _
[D] But I'll die [Em] on this mountain, _ [G] this [D] mountain's my home _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I was young on this mountain, _ _ _ now [F#m] I'm [B] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ old
And [D] I knew [E] every holler, [G] every cool [D] swimming [Bm] hole
So _ _ _ [D] one night I lay down and woke [A] up [Bm] to find
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ That [D] my childhood was [E] over, [Bm] I went down in the mine
I _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] was born on this mountain, _ this mountain's [Bm] my home
And _ [D] she holds me [Em] and keeps me [D] from worry and woe
[A] _ _
Well [D] they took _ everything that she gave now [Bm] they're gone _ _ _
But [D] I'll die on [Em] this mountain, [G] this mountain's [D] my _ home _
_ _ _ _ _ _ There's a hole in this mountain, _ _ _ it's dark and it's [Bm] deep _ _ _ _ _
[D] God only [Em] knows _ [G] all the [D] secrets [A] it keeps _ _
There's [D] a chill in the air _ only [A] miners [Bm] can feel _ _
[D] _ Ghosts in [Em] the tunnels [G] that the company [Bm] sealed
_ I _
_ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ [F#] _ [Bm] _ [D] was born on this mountain, this [Bm] mountain's my home
_ And _ [D]
she holds me and [Em] keeps me [D] from worry [A] and _ woe
_ Well [D] they took _ everything that she gave [Bm] now they're gone
_ _ _ But [D] I'll die [E] on this mountain, [G] this [D] mountain's my home _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] You got a boss, you need a union _ _ _ _
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