Steve Earle - The Mountain Capo7 Chords

The Mountain

Steve Earle with the Del McCory band

Capo 7  (simulates Mandolin)

Verse 1

G                                       Em
I was born on this mountain a long time ago

G                            Am          C               Em
Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal

G                                         Em
When you rose in the mornin' fore it was light

      G             Am            C               Em   D
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night

Chorus
      G                                          Em
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

G                 Am            C         D
She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe

            G                                     Em
Well, they took everything she gave, now they're gone

         G            Am             C             G
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

Verse 2

G                                          Em
I was young on this mountain, but now I am old

      G           Am            C             Em
And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole

G                                         Em
Till one night I lay down and woke up to find

        D              Am              C           Em  D
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

Chorus

Solo/instrumental break  G Em G Am C Em G Em G Am C Em D

Verse 3

G                                                       Em 
There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep

     G        Am             C          Em
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps

          G                                 Em
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel

         G              Am               C       Em    D
There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

Chorus