Steve Earle The Mountain written by Steve Earle
And
The Del McCoury Band
Steve Earle (vocals, guitar)
Del McCoury (vocals, guitar)
Ronnie McCoury (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin)
Rob McCoury (guitar, banjo)
Jason Carter (fiddle)
Mike Bub (bass)
D Bm
I was born on this mountain a long time ago
D Em G Bm
Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal
D Bm
When you rose in the mornin' before it was light
D Em G Bm A
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night
D Bm
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
D Em G A
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
D Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
D Em G D
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
D Bm
I was young on this mountain but now I am old
D Em G Bm
And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole
D Bm
Till one night I lay down and woke up to find
D Em G Bm A
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine
D Bm
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
D Em G A
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
D Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
D Em G D
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
SOLO
D Bm
There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep
D Em G Bm
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
D Bm
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
D Em G Bm A
There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed
D Bm
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
D Em G A
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
D Bm
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
D Em G D
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
From Steve Earle "The Mountain"
E Squared Records 1999
