Fire On The Mountain Chords by The Marshall Tucker Band

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
      ------------------    -------------
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

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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: September 10, 2025

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