Steve Earle - The mountain

^CI was born on this mountain a long time ^Amago ^CBefore they knocked down the ^Dmtimber and ^Fstrip-mined the ^Amcoal ^CWhen you rose in the mornin' before it was l^Amight To go ^Cdown in that ^Dmdark hole and ^Fcome back up at ^Amnight ^G I was ^Cborn on this mountain, this mountain's my ^Amhome ^CShe holds me and ^Dmkeeps me from ^Fworry and ^Gwoe Well, they ^Ctook everything that she gave, now they're ^Amgone But I'll ^Cdie on this ^Dmmountain, this ^Fmountain's my ^Chome ^CI was young on this mountain but now I am ^Amold And I ^Cknew every ^Dmholler, every ^Fcool swimmin' ^Amhole ^CTill one night I lay down and woke up to ^Amfind That my ^Cchildhood was ^Dmover and I went d^Fown in the ^Ammine^G I was ^Cborn on this mountain, this mountain's my ^Amhome ^CShe holds me and ^Dmkeeps me from ^Fworry and ^Gwoe Well, they ^Ctook everything that she gave, now they're ^Amgone But I'll ^Cdie on this ^Dmmountain, this ^Fmountain's my ^Chome

^CThere's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's ^Amdeep And ^CGod only ^Dmknows all the ^Fsecrets it ^Amkeeps There's a ^Cchill in the air only miners can ^Amfeel There're ^Cghosts in the ^Dmtunnels that the ^Fcompany ^Amsealed ^G I was ^Cborn on this mountain, this mountain's my ^Amhome ^CShe holds me and ^Dmkeeps me from ^Fworry and ^Gwoe Well, they ^Ctook everything that she gave, now they're ^Amgone But I'll ^Cdie on this ^Dmmountain, this ^Fmountain's my ^Chome