The Mountain - Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band                    
 
[Intro]
   
   
 

[Verse]
             
I was born on 

              
this mountain 

            
a long time ag

o 
             
Before they kn

              
ocked down the

           
 timber and st

              
rip-mined the 


coal 
             
When you rose 

              
in the mornin'

              
 before it was

 
 light 
             
To go down in 

            
that dark hole

             
 and come back

           
 up at night

[Chorus]
             
I was born on 

              
this mountain,

              
 this mountain

       
's my home 
             
And she holds 

            
me and keeps m

             
e from worry a

   
nd woe 
             
Well, they too

              
k everything t

              
hat she gave, 

            
now they're go

ne 
             
But I'll die o

            
n this mountai

             
n, this mounta

          
in's my home

[Verse]
             
I was young on

              
 this mountain

              
 but now I am 


old 
             
And I knew eve

            
ry holler, eve

             
ry cool swimmi

    
n' hole 
             
Till one night

              
 I lay down an

             
d woke up to f


ind 
             
That my childh

            
ood was over a

             
nd I went down

          
 in the mine

[Chorus]
             
I was born on 

              
this mountain,

              
 this mountain

       
's my home 
             
And she holds 

            
me and keeps m

             
e from worry a

   
nd woe 
             
Well, they too

              
k everything t

              
hat she gave, 

            
now they're go

ne 
             
But I'll die o

            
n this mountai

             
n, this mounta

          
in's my home

[Solo]
   
   
 
x2

[Verse]
             
There's a hole

              
 in this mount

              
ain and it's d

             
ark and it's d


eep 
            
And God only k

            
nows all the s

            
ecrets it keep

 
s 
             
There's a chil

              
l in the air o

              
nly miners can

 
 feel 
             
There're ghost

            
s in the tunne

             
ls that the co

           
mpany sealed

[Chorus]
             
I was born on 

              
this mountain,

              
 this mountain

       
's my home 
             
And she holds 

            
me and keeps m

             
e from worry a

   
nd woe 
             
Well, they too

              
k everything t

              
hat she gave, 

            
now they're go

ne 
             
But I'll die o

            
n this mountai

             
n, this mounta

          
in's my home

[Outro]