Levon Helm - The mountain
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[Verse 1]
IG was born on this mountain a long long tEmime ago
GBefore they knocked down the tAmimber and stripC-mined all tDhe coal
WhGen you rose up in the mornin' before it wasEm daylight
TGo go down in that dAmark hole and come bCack up at nGight
[Verse 2]
GI was born on this mountain, this mountain's my hoEmme
SGhe holds me and Amshe keeps me from the woCrry and the wDoe
WGell they took everything she gave -she gave it now she's Emgone
BGut I'll die on this Ammountain, this moCuntain's my hGome
[Verse 3]
GI was young on this mountain but now I am olEmd
AGnd I know every hAmoller, every cooCl swimmin' hDole
G'Til a one night I lay down and woke up tEmo find
TGhat my childhood was Amover and I weCnt down in the mGine
[Verse 4]
TGhere's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's Emdeep
AnGd God only knAmows all the seCcrets that it kDeeps
TGhere's a chill in the air only miners can Emfeel
Gthere's ghosts in tAmhe tunnels that thCe companyG sealed