Dope Mountain chords by Pony Bradshaw

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Dm Dm/A Dm Dm/A
Bb F C Dm – x2



🎸 Verse:
Bb          F        C        Dm
We took to stealing copper wire
Bb                F         C              Dm
Stashed in a laurel slick down by the old mine
Bb               F         C     Bb
Where ain’t no coal been hauled out
Bb    F   C
Since 1979
Bb            F          C      Dm
It’s all growed up with poison sumac
Bb      F          C       Dm
Kudzu wrapped in hemlock teeth
Bb          F           C        Bb
The cinnamon vine and the ginseng leaves
Bb             F              C              F
Swaying in the wind brought down from the ridge

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Dm      Bb    F
Here on Dope Mountain
           C          Dm
You can catch you a chill
Bb            F           C               Dm Am  Bb F C
& the maestro surmises we belong to these hills
        Dm Am Bb F C
To these hills

Break:
Dm Dm/A Dm Dm/A
Bb F C Dm – x2

🎸 Verse 2:
Bb      F          C         Dm
Hunting morels and arrowheads
Bb            F                 C        Dm
Skirting the creeks and the washed-out beds
Bb            F     C          Bb
Eating microwaved vanilla Moonpies
Bb             F           C
& watching Tom T learn to fight
Bb             F         C         Dm
Every other weekend the boys are here
Bb             F            C          Dm
Breaking off limbs and sharpening up spears
Bb             F            C      Bb
Proud to be a hillbilly, 6th generation
Bb           F       Dm
But we ain’t no white trash

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
Dm      Bb    F
Here on Dope Mountain
           C          Dm
You can catch you a chill
Bb            F           C               Dm Am  Bb F C
& the maestro surmises we belong to these hills
        Dm Am Bb F C
To these hills

🎸 Chorus:
Gm                 Bb                F    C
& the counterpoint lies under the melody
Gm              Bb         F         C
& the counterpoint moves under the melody
Gm                Bb                  F       C
& the counterpoint breathes under the melody
Gm                 Bb         F        C
& the counterpoint sings under the melody

🎸 Solo:
Gm Bb F C – x4

Break:
Dm Dm/A Dm Dm/A
Bb F C Dm – x2