The Marshall Tucker Band - Fire on the mountain

Fire On The Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band (George McCorkle, 1975) 4/4 TIME (UON) @ 100 BPM (3 Min. 53 Sec.) in 'G'. Chords Used: ----------- GUITAR KEYBOARD E A D G B e Bass| Chord ------------------ ------------- G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR- - 3 2 0 0 3 3 D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F# Am - x 0 2 2 1 0 A A-C-E C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E G-B-E INTRO: [13 M] ----- ** First 5 measures played 'freely'- ▼----▼ See Short TAB, Below. |G |D |Am |C G |… +3+4+| + 3 + 4 + A|----------| E|0-3---2---| ** TEMPO = 100 BPM |Em |Em |C |C |Em |Em |C |C | VERSE #1: [8 M] -------- |Em |C |Em | Took my fam'ly away from my… Carolina home… Had dreams about the West and… |C |Em |C | … started to roam… Six long months on a dust… covered trail… |Em |C | They say heaven's at the end, but so far it's been hell… And there's… CHORUS #1: [7.5 M] --------- |G |D |Am | … fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's 2/4 4/4 |C |Em |C |Em |C | waitin' for me there… VERSE #2: [8 M] -------- |Em |C |Em | We were diggin' and siftin'… from five to five… sellin' everything we found… |C |Em |C | just to stay alive… Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars… |Em |C | Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and… Satan was his star… And there's… CHORUS #2: [7.5 M] --------- |G |D |Am | … fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's 2/4 4/4 |C |Em |C |Em |C | waitin' for me there… INTERLUDE: [16 M] --------- 2/4 4/4 2/4 4/4 |G |D |Am |C |G |G |D |Am |C | |Em |C |Em |C |Em |C |Em |C | VERSE #3: [8 M] -------- |Em |C | Dance hall girls were the… evenin' treat… |Em |C | Empty cartridges and blood… lines the gutters of the street… |Em |C | Men were shot down for the… sake of fun,… |Em |C | or just to hear the noise of their… forty four guns… And there's… CHORUS #3: [7.5 M] --------- |G |D |Am | … fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's 2/4 4/4 |C |Em |C |Em |C | waitin' for me there… VERSE #4: [8 M] -------- |Em |C |Em | Now my widow she… weeps by my grave… Tears flow free for her man… |C |Em |C | she couldn't save… Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame… |Em |C | all for a useless and no good,… worthless claim… And there's… CHORUS #4: [4.5 M] --------- |G |D |Am | … fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's 2/4 4/4 |C |Em | waitin' for me there… CHORUS #5: [8.5 M] --------- |G |D |Am | Fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's 2/4 4/4 |C |Em |C |G |G |G | waitin' for me there,… waitin' for me there…