Used To Be A Mountain Chords by Old Crow Medicine Show

Used To Be A Mountain by Old Crow Medicine Show

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Em  G  D  A   ( x4 )


Verse :
           Em              G         D  A 
If you're thumbin' down a dog-town road    
            Em          G             D              A  
With your tongue back, draggin' ass, hotter than a train track
 Em            G      D   A
Harlan up to Middlesboro    
           Em         G             D        A    
With your coal seam, jimson weed, wildcat, wind speed
 Em       G          D  A
Big Sandy to the Big O    
Em        G         D               A     Em  
On an overdrive mainline, try to clear Kentucky alive
    G           D        A
My, my, such a lost tribe  

Pre-Chorus:
            G   
Don't you know
           A
Don't you know
            C  
Don't you know
            D 
Don't you know, you know, you know
Chorus:
                    Em       G   D   
There used to be a mountain here    
       A            Em        G               D           A 
There used to be a river so clear, we could swim to the bottom
            Em              G            D              A  
There was heart, there was soul, but I guess that we forgot 'em
              Em             G                D            A        Em          
'Cause there ain't nothin' standin' out the window but a sign on a slag pile
G          D                A            Em        G  D  A             
  It says,  it said there used to be a mountain here      

Interlude:
Em  G  D  A
            


Verse :
            Em             G          D  A
If you're thumbin' down a drag-mine road  
           Em       G         D             A     
And your quickset toothache needs a little opiate
 Em            G        D  A
Lookin' for a pot a-gold    
       Em          G           D          A         
With a go-devil
Honda rebel
OxyContin coal shovel
 Em              G          D  A
Climb on up the tipple and go    
               Em         G   
Straight to a gunnysack, polecat
 D                A                G 
Mitch'll have a heart attack, you know

Pre-Chorus:
            A
Don't you know
           C
Don't you know
            D
Don't you know, you know, you know

Chorus:
                    Em       G   D   
There used to be a mountain here    
       A            Em        G               D           A 
There used to be a river so clear, we could swim to the bottom
            Em              G            D              A  
There was heart, there was soul, but I guess that we forgot 'em
              Em             G                D            A        Em          
'Cause there ain't nothin' standin' out the window but a sign on a slag pile
G          D                A             C            
  It says,  it said there used to be a mountain here 

Bridge:
                    Bm                   
There used to be a house on the edge of town
                    Am 
There used to be a job and a roller rink
                    G 
Church on Sunday, passin' the plate around
                     C
There used to be a river full of catfish
                    Bm
We'd catch, just to let 'em go
               Am
Ah, we used to let it flow
D 
But now, we've let ourselves go

Hey

Instrumental:
Em  G  D  A
            
Em  G  D  A
            
Em  G  D  A
            
Em  G  D  A
            



Verse :
                Em              G         D   A 
So, if you're thumbin' down a coal town road    
            Em           G              D             A   
And you're all jacked, smoke-stacked, suckin' on a thumb tack
 Em              G         D   A
Swingin' at the end of ya rope    
          Em       G           D                A           
From a shoelace, total waste, sign your whole life away
Em                G                D   A 
Don't forget the debt that you're owed    
         Em         G          D            A          
From the fat cats, race rats, big Pharma, tall stacks
 Em                 G           D    A 
They're the ones a-diggin' the hole    
Em           G        D        A   
All the way down to Guangzhou    

Pre-Chorus:
            G   
Don't you know
           A
Don't you know
            C  
Don't you know
            D 
Don't you know, you know, you know

Chorus:
                    Em       G   D   
There used to be a mountain here    
       A            Em        G               D           A 
There used to be a river so clear, we could swim to the bottom
            Em              G            D              A  
There was heart, there was soul, but I guess that we forgot 'em
              Em             G                D            A        Em          
'Cause there ain't nothin' standin' out the window but a sign on a slag pile
G          D                A            Em        G                
  It says,  it said there used to be a mountain here (Hey, hey, hey)
D        A             Em       G 
  There used to be a mountain here (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
D        A            Em        G 
  There used to be a mountain here (Hey, hey, hey, hey)
D        A            Em  
  There used to be a mountain

Used To Be A Mountain Chords Info

Used To Be A Mountain Chords by Old Crow Medicine Show
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Chords: Em, G, D, A, C, Bm, Am