The Mountain Chords & Lyrics by Levon Helm
The Mountain
guitar chords lyrics
The Mountain
Levon Helm
Written by Steve Earle, recorded by Helm on his album Dirt Farmer. Helm�s vocal
and the instrumentation in his cover of the song gives a sound very reminiscent of The Band.
Intro: C G Am / / / / / / / C / / / / Dm / / / F / / / G
C Em Am
I was born on this mountain a long, long time ago
F Dm F G
Before they knocked down the timber and they strip-mined all the coal
C Em Am
When they rose up in the mornin� before it was daylight
F C Dm C
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night
I was born on this mountain, this mountain�s my home
She holds and she keeps me from worry and woe
Well they took everything she gave, she gave and now she�s gone
But I�ll die on this mountain, this mountain�s my home
I was young on this mountain, but now I am old
And I know every hollow, every cool swimmin� hole
�Til one night I lay down and I woke up to find
That my childhood was over; I went back down in the mine
There�s a hole in this mountain, it�s dark and it�s deep
And God only knows all the secrets that it keeps
There�s a chill in the air only miners can feel
There�s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.
