D5 B5 I was born on this mountain a long time ago D5 E5 G5 B5 Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal D5 B5 When you rose in the mornin' before it was light D5 E5 G5 B5 A5 To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night D5 B5 I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home D5 E5 G5 A5 She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe D5 B5 Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone D5 E5 G5 D5 But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home D5 B5 I was young on this mountain but now I am old D5 E5 G5 B5 And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole D5 B5 Till one night I lay down and woke up to find D5 E5 G5 B5 A5 That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine D5 B5 I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home D5 E5 G5 A5 She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe D5 B5 Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone D5 E5 G5 D5 But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home SOLO D5 B5 There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep D5 E5 G5 B5 And God only knows all the secrets it keeps D5 B5 There's a chill in the air only miners can feel D5 E5 G5 B5 A5 There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed D5 B5 I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home D5 E5 G5 A5 She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe D5 B5 Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone D5 E5 G5 D5 But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home
