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The Mountain Levon Helm Written by Steve Earle, recorded by Helm on his album Dirt Farmer. Helm’s vocal and the instrumentation in his cover of the song gives a sound very reminiscent of The Band. Intro: C G Am / / / / / / / C / / / / Dm / / / F / / / G
I was bornC on this mountain a long, longEm time Amago Before they knocFked down the tiDmmber and they strFip-mined all thGe coal When they rosCe up in the mornin’ before it waEms daylightAm To go doFwn in that dCark hole and comeDm back up at nigCht
I was born on this mountain, this mountain’s my home She holds and she keeps me from worry and woe Well they took everything she gave, she gave and now she’s gone But I’ll die on this mountain, this mountain’s my home I was young on this mountain, but now I am old And I know every hollow, every cool swimmin’ hole ‘Til one night I lay down and I woke up to find That my childhood was over; I went back down in the mine There’s a hole in this mountain, it’s dark and it’s deep And God only knows all the secrets that it keeps There’s a chill in the air only miners can feel There’s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.