The Mountain Steve Earle
Tabbed by Jim Robinson
Steve Earle
The Mountain
Standard Tuning, capo 2nd fret
This is the version Steve has often played solo acoustic with a little slower tempo than
the album version. Find it on Youtube to hear the more subtle chord variations and turnarounds.
[C/G]I was born on this mountain a long time [Am]ago
[C/G]Before they knocked down the [Dm]timber and [F]strip-mined the [Am]coal
[C/G]When you rose in the mornin' before it was [Am]light
To go [C/G]down in that [Dm]dark hole and come back up at [Am]night[G]
I was [C/G]born on this mountain, this mountain's my [Am]home
[C/G]She holds me and [Dm]keeps me from [F]worry and [G]woe
Well, they [C/G]took everything that she gave, now they're [Am]gone
But I'll [C/G]die on this [Dm]mountain, this [F]mountain's my [C/G]home
[C/G]I was young on this mountain but now I am [Am]old
And I [C/G]knew every [Dm]holler, every [F]cool swimmin' [Am]hole
[C/G]Till one night I lay down and woke up to [Am]find
[C/G] [Dm] [F] [Am]
T[G]hat my childhood was over and I went down in the mine
I was [C/G]born on this mountain, this mountain's my ho[Am]me
[C/G]She holds me and [Dm]keeps me from [F]worry and [G]woe
Well, they [C/G]took everything that she gave, now they're go[Am]ne
But I'll [C/G]die on this [Dm]mountain, this [F]mountain's my [C/G]home
SOLO
[C/G]There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's [Am]deep
And [C/G]God only [Dm]knows all the [F]secrets it [Am]keeps
There's a [C/G]chill in the air only miners can [Am]feel
[C/G] [Dm] [F] [Am]
The[G]re're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed
I was [C/G]born on this mountain, this mountain's my [Am]home
[C/G]She holds me and [Dm]keeps me from [F]worry and [G]woe
Well, they [C/G]took everything that she gave, now they're [Am]gone
But I'll [C/G]die on this [Dm]mountain, this [F]mountain's my [C/G]home
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