Chords with lyrics
Intro:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA ( x4 )
Verse :
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
If you're thumbin' down a dog-town road
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
With your tongue back, draggin' ass, hotter than a train track
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Harlan up to Middlesboro
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
With your coal seam, jimson weed, wildcat, wind speed
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Big Sandy to the Big O
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
On an overdrive mainline, try to clear Kentucky alive
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
My, my, such a lost tribe
Pre-Chorus:
G+G
Don't you know
A augmentedA
Don't you know
C majorC
Don't you know
D MajorD
Don't you know, you know, you know
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
There used to be a mountain here
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
There used to be a river so clear, we could swim to the bottom
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
There was heart, there was soul, but I guess that we forgot 'em
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
'Cause there ain't nothin' standin' out the window but a sign on a slag pile
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
It says, it said there used to be a mountain here
Interlude:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse :
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
If you're thumbin' down a drag-mine road
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And your quickset toothache needs a little opiate
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Lookin' for a pot a-gold
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
With a go-devil
Honda rebel
OxyContin coal shovel
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Climb on up the tipple and go
E minorEm G+G
Straight to a gunnysack, polecat
D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
Mitch'll have a heart attack, you know
Pre-Chorus:
A augmentedA
Don't you know
C majorC
Don't you know
D MajorD
Don't you know, you know, you know
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
There used to be a mountain here
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
There used to be a river so clear, we could swim to the bottom
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
There was heart, there was soul, but I guess that we forgot 'em
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
'Cause there ain't nothin' standin' out the window but a sign on a slag pile
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA C majorC
It says, it said there used to be a mountain here
Bridge:
B minorBm
There used to be a house on the edge of town
A minorAm
There used to be a job and a roller rink
G+G
Church on Sunday, passin' the plate around
C majorC
There used to be a river full of catfish
B minorBm
We'd catch, just to let 'em go
A minorAm
Ah, we used to let it flow
D MajorD
But now, we've let ourselves go
Hey
Instrumental:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Verse :
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
So, if you're thumbin' down a coal town road
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
And you're all jacked, smoke-stacked, suckin' on a thumb tack
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Swingin' at the end of ya rope
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
From a shoelace, total waste, sign your whole life away
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Don't forget the debt that you're owed
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
From the fat cats, race rats, big Pharma, tall stacks
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
They're the ones a-diggin' the hole
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
All the way down to Guangzhou
Pre-Chorus:
G+G
Don't you know
A augmentedA
Don't you know
C majorC
Don't you know
D MajorD
Don't you know, you know, you know
Chorus:
E minorEm G+G D MajorD
There used to be a mountain here
A augmentedA E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
There used to be a river so clear, we could swim to the bottom
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
There was heart, there was soul, but I guess that we forgot 'em
E minorEm G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
'Cause there ain't nothin' standin' out the window but a sign on a slag pile
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
It says, it said there used to be a mountain here (Hey, hey, hey)
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
There used to be a mountain here (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm G+G
There used to be a mountain here (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
D MajorD A augmentedA E minorEm
There used to be a mountain