The Mountain Chords by Levon Helm

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
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[Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ I _ [G]
was born on this mountain a long, [D] long time [E] ago.
[Em] _ _
_ _ [G] Before they knocked [Am] down the timber [C] and stripped mine [D] all the coal.
_ _ _ When [G]
you rose up in the morning _ before [D] it [Em] was daylight. _ _
_ _ To [G] go down in [Am]
that dark hole [C] and come _ back up [G] at _ night.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I was born on this mountain, this _ [D] _ [E] mountain's my _ [Em] _ home.
_ _ [G] She holds me [Am] and she keeps me [C] from the worry [D] and the _ _ _ _ woe.
[G] Brother took _ everything she gave, she gave [D] and now [Em] she's gone. _ _
_ But [G] I'll die on [Am] this mountain, _ [C] this _ mountain's [G] my home.
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_ _ [C] I _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] was young on this mountain, but now [D] I [Em] am _ _ _ _ old.
[G] And I know every [Am]
hollow, _ [C] every cool swimming [D] _
hole.
_ _ _ _ [G] Till one night I lay down and I woke [D] up [E] to [Em] _ _ _ _
find that [G] my childhood [Am] was over.
I [C] went back down in the [G] _
mine.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ There's a hole in this mountain, it's dark [D] and [Em] it's _ deep. _
_ _ And [G] God [Am] only knows [C] all the secrets [D] that are key.
_ _ _ _ [G] There's a chill in the air _ only [D] miners [Em] can _ _ _ _ feel.
_ [G] There's ghosts [Am] in the tunnels [C] that the company [G] _
sealed. _ _ _ _ _ _
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