C/G                                      Am
I was born on this mountain a long time ago
            C/G              Dm              F               Am
Before they knocked down the timber and they strip-mined the coal
         C/G                               Am
When you rose in the mornin' before it was light
      C/G          Dm                 F          Am     G
To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night


      C/G                                       Am
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
        C/G          Dm            F         G
And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
           C/G                                        Am
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
         C/G         Dm             F             C/G
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home


      C/G                                 Am
I was young on this mountain but now I am old
      C/G        Dm            F             Am
And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole
     C/G                                 Am
Till one night I lay down and woke up to find
        C/G           Dm              F           Am    G
That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine


      C/G                                       Am
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
        C/G          Dm            F         G
And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
           C/G                                        Am
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
         C/G         Dm             F             C/G
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home


(Solo)


          C/G                                          Am
There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep
    C/G      Dm            F          Am
And God only knows all the secrets it keeps
          C/G                              Am
There's a chill in the air only miners can feel
         C/G           Dm               F       Am      G
There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed


      C/G                                       Am
I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home
        C/G          Dm            F         G
And she holds me and keeps me from worry and woe
           C/G                                        Am
Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone
         C/G         Dm             F             C/G
But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home