The Mountain
Levon HelmVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
I was born on this mountain a long, long time ago
Before they knocked down the timber and they strip-mined all the coal
When they rose up in the mornin before it was daylight
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night
I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home
She holds and she keeps me from worry and woe
Well they took everything she gave, she gave and now shes gone
But Ill die on this mountain, this mountains 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
Theres a hole in this mountain, its dark and its deep
And God only knows all the secrets that it keeps
Theres a chill in the air only miners can feel
Theres ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.
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Readable chord sheet for The Mountain by Levon Helm
[C] [G] [Am] [C] [Dm] [F] [G] I was born[C] on this mountain a long, long[Em] time [Am]ago Before they knoc[F]ked down the ti[Dm]mber and they str[F]ip-mined all th[G]e coal When they ros[C]e up in the mornin before it was [Em]daylight [Am] To go do[F]wn in that d[C]ark hole and come[Dm] back up at nig[C]ht I was born on this mountain, this mountains my home She holds and she keeps me from worry and woe Well they took everything she gave, she gave and now shes gone But Ill die on this mountain, this mountains 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 Theres a hole in this mountain, its dark and its deep And God only knows all the secrets that it keeps Theres a chill in the air only miners can feel Theres ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.