That Mountain Billy Bob Thornton
That Mountain
written by Billy Bob Thornton and Marty Stuart
(based on a story told to Thornton by Jim Varney)
Corrections welcome. tabbed 5/6/05
INTRO: D
[D]There's a big black train I've been hearin' all my life
Every night at sundown I h[C]ear it's lonesome [D]cry
When I look through the screen door I see a rocking chair
My mama's sitting in it thinking 'b[C]out that world out there
CHORUS:
She w[G]ants to go o[C]ver that mount[D]ain to [G]see what's [A]on the other si[D]de
She said "I w[G]ant to go o[C]ver that moun[D]tain b[Bm]efore the d[A]ay that I d[D]ie"
SOLO
[D]She's never set foot out of this poor valley holler
But she talks about her dreams of [C]some other way of l[D]ife
87 years of living and never had much of anything
Is it asking too much to see a [C]damned old diesel tr[D]ain
CHORUS
SOLO
[D]20 years ago today my daddy left this holler
He said "I'll be coming ba[C]ck tomorrow n[D]ight"
I remember the sound of his boot heels in the gravel
Well he ain't been back since and he [C]never said go[D]odbye
CHORUS
[Bm]Before the [A]day that I d[D]ie
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