Fire on the Mountain

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Fire On The Mountain
George McCorkle/Marshall Tucker Band
 
 
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Em                           C
  Took my family away from my Carolina home
Em                             C
  Had dreams about the West and started to roam
Em                     C
  Six long months on a dust covered trail
Em                                     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
Am                            C              Em    C  Em  C
  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
  Sellin' everything we found just to stay alive
Em                          C
  Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars
Em                                    C
  Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and Satan was the star
 
 
{ CHORUS }
           G                      D
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Am                            C              Em    C  Em  C
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
 
 
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Em                         C
  Dance hall girls were the evenin' treat
Em                                     C
  Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street
Em                          C
  Men were shot down for the sake of fun
Em                                  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
Am                            C              Em    C  Em  C
  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
  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
  All for a useless and no good, worthless claim
 
 
{ CHORUS }
           G                      D
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Am                            C              G
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
 
G                      D
 Fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Am                            C              Em
  Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
C                 G
   Waitin' for me there...
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