Em C Em C G C D C G G C [Verse 1] Em C Took my fam'ly away from my Carolina home Em C G C Had dreams about the West and started to roam Em C Six long months on a dust covered trail Em C G C They say heaven's at the end but so far it's been hell [Chorus] G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air C Am Em Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there [Verse 2] Em C We were diggin' and siftin' from five to five Em C G C Sellin' everything we found just to stay alive Em C Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars Em C G C Sinnin' was the big thing, lord and Satan was his star [Chorus] G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air C Am Em Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there [Verse 3] Em C Dance hall girls were the evenin' treat Em C G C Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street Em C Men were shot down for the sake of fun Em C G C Or just to hear the noise of their forty-four guns [Chorus] G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air C Am Em Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there [Verse 4] Em C Now my widow she weeps by my grave Em C G C Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save Em C Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame Em C G C All for a useless and no good worthless claim [Chorus] G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air C Am Em Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there G D Fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air C Am Em Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there G D Em G Am E Em C G G Am G D G C G Waitin' for me there