Fire On The Mountain chords by The Marshall Tucker Band (Ver. 2)
Guitar chords with lyrics
Fire On The Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band (George McCorkle, 1975)
4/4 TIME (UON) @ 100 BPM (3 Min. 53 Sec.) in 'G'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
Am - x 0 2 2 1 0 A A-C-E
C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E G-B-E
INTRO: [13 M]
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** First 5 measures played 'freely'-
v---v See Short TAB, Below.
|G |D |Am |C G |? +3+4+|
+ 3 + 4 +
A|----------|
E|0-3---2---|
** TEMPO = 100 BPM
|Em |Em |C |C |Em |Em |C |C |
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|Em |C |Em |
Took my fam'ly away from my? Carolina home? Had dreams about the West and?
|C |Em |C |
? started to roam? Six long months on a dust? covered trail?
|Em |C |
They say heaven's at the end, but so far it's been hell? And there's?
CHORUS #1: [7.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
? fire on the mountain,? lightnin' in the air,? gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |Em |C |
waitin' for me there?
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|Em |C |Em |
We were diggin' and siftin'? from five to five? sellin' everything we found?
|C |Em |C |
just to stay alive? Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars?
|Em |C |
Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and? Satan was his star? And there's?
CHORUS #2: [7.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
? fire on the mountain,? lightnin' in the air,? gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |Em |C |
waitin' for me there?
INTERLUDE: [16 M]
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2/4 4/4 2/4 4/4
|G |D |Am |C |G |G |D |Am |C |
|Em |C |Em |C |Em |C |Em |C |
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|Em |C |
Dance hall girls were the? evenin' treat?
|Em |C |
Empty cartridges and blood? lines 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? And there's?
CHORUS #3: [7.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
? fire on the mountain,? lightnin' in the air,? gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |Em |C |
waitin' for me there?
VERSE #4: [8 M]
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|Em |C |Em |
Now my widow she? weeps by my grave? Tears flow free for her man?
|C |Em |C |
she couldn't save? Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame?
|Em |C |
all for a useless and no good,? worthless claim? And there's?
CHORUS #4: [4.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
? fire on the mountain,? lightnin' in the air,? gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |
waitin' for me there?
CHORUS #5: [8.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
Fire on the mountain,? lightnin' in the air,? gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |G |G |G |
waitin' for me there,? waitin' for me there? Last updated:
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