Standard (EADGBE)

 The Del McCoury Band

Steve Earle (vocals, guitar)

Del McCoury (vocals, guitar)

Ronnie McCoury (vocals, bouzouki, mandolin)

Rob McCoury (guitar, banjo)

Jason Carter (fiddle)

Mike Bub (bass)

I was born on this mountain a long time ago

Before they knocked down the timber and strip-mined the coal

When you rose in the mornin' before it was light

 To go down in that dark hole and come back up at night

 I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe

 Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone

 But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

I was young on this mountain but now I am old

 And I knew every holler, every cool swimmin' hole

Till one night I lay down and woke up to find

 That my childhood was over and I went down in the mine

 I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe

 Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone

 But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home

Solo

There's a hole in this mountain and it's dark and it's deep

 And God only knows all the secrets it keeps

 There's a chill in the air only miners can feel

 There're ghosts in the tunnels that the company sealed

 I was born on this mountain, this mountain's my home

She holds me and keeps me from worry and woe

 Well, they took everything that she gave, now they're gone

 But I'll die on this mountain, this mountain's my home