Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
🎸 Intro:
DmDm Dm/A DmDm Dm/A
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm – x2
🎸 Verse:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
We took to stealing copper wire
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
Stashed in a laurel slick down by the old mine
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Where ain’t no coal been hauled out
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Since 1979
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
It’s all growed up with poison sumac
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
Kudzu wrapped in hemlock teeth
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb
The cinnamon vine and the ginseng leaves
Bb majorBb FF C majorC FF
Swaying in the wind brought down from the ridge
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
DmDm Bb majorBb FF
Here on Dope Mountain
C majorC DmDm
You can catch you a chill
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& the maestro surmises we belong to these hills
DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
To these hills
Break:
DmDm Dm/A DmDm Dm/A
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm – x2
🎸 Verse 2:
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
Hunting morels and arrowheads
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
Skirting the creeks and the washed-out beds
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Eating microwaved vanilla Moonpies
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& watching Tom T learn to fight
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
Every other weekend the boys are here
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm
Breaking off limbs and sharpening up spears
Bb majorBb FF C majorC Bb majorBb
Proud to be a hillbilly, 6th generation
Bb majorBb FF DmDm
But we ain’t no white trash
🎸 Pre-Chorus:
DmDm Bb majorBb FF
Here on Dope Mountain
C majorC DmDm
You can catch you a chill
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& the maestro surmises we belong to these hills
DmDm A minorAm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
To these hills
🎸 Chorus:
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& the counterpoint lies under the melody
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& the counterpoint moves under the melody
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& the counterpoint breathes under the melody
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF C majorC
& the counterpoint sings under the melody
🎸 Solo:
G minorGm Bb majorBb FF C majorC – x4
Break:
DmDm Dm/A DmDm Dm/A
Bb majorBb FF C majorC DmDm – x2