Capo: 2

Tabbed by Jim Robinson Steve Earle The Mountain Standard Tuning, capo 2nd fret This is the version Steve has often played solo acoustic with a little slower tempo than the album version. Find it on Youtube to hear the more subtle chord variations and turnarounds.

^C/GI was born on this mountain a long time ^Amago ^C/GBefore they knocked down the ^Dmtimber and ^Fstrip-mined the ^Amcoal ^C/GWhen you rose in the mornin' before it was ^Amlight To go ^C/Gdown in that ^Dmdark hole and come back up at ^Amnight ^G

I was ^C/Gborn on this mountain, this mountain's my ^Amhome ^C/GShe holds me and ^Dmkeeps me from ^Fworry and ^Gwoe Well, they ^C/Gtook everything that she gave, now they're ^Amgone But I'll ^C/Gdie on this ^Dmmountain, this ^Fmountain's my ^C/Ghome

^C/GI was young on this mountain but now I am ^Amold And I ^C/Gknew every ^Dmholler, every ^Fcool swimmin' ^Amhole ^C/GTill one night I lay down and woke up to ^Amfind C/G Dm F Am T^Ghat my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

I was ^C/Gborn on this mountain, this mountain's my ho^Amme ^C/GShe holds me and ^Dmkeeps me from ^Fworry and ^Gwoe Well, they ^C/Gtook everything that she gave, now they're go^Amne But I'll ^C/Gdie on this ^Dmmountain, this ^Fmountain's my ^C/Ghome

SOLO

^C/GThere's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's ^Amdeep And ^C/GGod only ^Dmknows all the ^Fsecrets it ^Amkeeps There's a ^C/Gchill in the air only miners can ^Amfeel C/G Dm F Am The^Gre're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed