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Tabbed by Jim Robinson Steve Earle The Mountain Standard Tuning, capo 2nd fret This is the version Steve has often played solo acoustic with a little slower tempo than the album version. Find it on Youtube to hear the more subtle chord variations and turnarounds. C/G Am I was born on this mountain a long time ago C/G Dm F Am Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal C/G Am When you rose in the mornin' before it was light C/G Dm Am G To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night C/G Am I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home C/G Dm F G She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe C/G Am Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone C/G Dm F C/G But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/steve-earle/287351.html ] C/G Am I was young on this mountain but now I am old C/G Dm F Am And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole C/G Am Till one night I lay down and woke up to find C/G Dm F Am G That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine C/G Am I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home C/G Dm F G She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe C/G Am Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone C/G Dm F C/G But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home SOLO C/G Am There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep C/G Dm F Am And God only knows all the secrets it keeps C/G Am There's a chill in the air only miners can feel C/G Dm F Am G There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed C/G Am I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home C/G Dm F G She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe C/G Am Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone C/G Dm F C/G But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home |