{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":832091,"song":"The Mountain","artist":"Levon Helm","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11598466-the-mountain-chords-by-levon-helm/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/832091?type=chord","rating":4.22367,"votes":10,"content":"The Mountain\r\n\r\nLevon Helm\r\n\r\nWritten by Steve Earle, recorded by Helm on his album Dirt Farmer.  Helm’s vocal \r\nand the instrumentation in his cover of the song gives a sound very reminiscent of The Band.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] / / / / / / / [ch]C[/ch] / / / / [ch]Dm[/ch] / / / [ch]F[/ch] / / / [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI was born on this mountain a long, long time ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]Dm[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBefore they knocked down the timber and they strip-mined all the coal[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen they rose up in the mornin’ before it was daylight[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Dm[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo go down in that dark hole and come back up at night[/tab]\r\n\r\nI was born on this mountain, this mountain’s my home\r\nShe holds and she keeps me from worry and woe\r\nWell they took everything she gave, she gave and now she’s gone\r\nBut I’ll die on this mountain, this mountain’s my home\r\n\r\nI was young on this mountain, but now I am old\r\nAnd I know every hollow, every cool swimmin’ hole\r\n‘Til one night I lay down and I woke up to find\r\nThat my childhood was over; I went back down in the mine\r\n\r\nThere’s a hole in this mountain, it’s dark and it’s deep\r\nAnd God only knows all the secrets that it keeps\r\nThere’s a chill in the air only miners can feel\r\nThere’s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.","plain_text":"The Mountain\n\nLevon Helm\n\nWritten by Steve Earle, recorded by Helm on his album Dirt Farmer.  Helm’s vocal \nand the instrumentation in his cover of the song gives a sound very reminiscent of The Band.\n\n\n\nIntro: C G Am / / / / / / / C / / / / Dm / / / F / / / G\n\n\n\n\n\nI was born on this mountain, this mountain’s my home\nShe holds and she keeps me from worry and woe\nWell they took everything she gave, she gave and now she’s gone\nBut I’ll die on this mountain, this mountain’s my home\n\nI was young on this mountain, but now I am old\nAnd I know every hollow, every cool swimmin’ hole\n‘Til one night I lay down and I woke up to find\nThat my childhood was over; I went back down in the mine\n\nThere’s a hole in this mountain, it’s dark and it’s deep\nAnd God only knows all the secrets that it keeps\nThere’s a chill in the air only miners can feel\nThere’s ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed.","chords":["C","G","Am","Dm","F","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}