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Beat On The Mountain by Jason And The Scorchers
Beat On The Mountain
Capo:6th fret
Verse C Riff:
Csus2?C C C C C Csus4-C-Csus2
e|-0----0--0--0--|-0- -0------0--|
B|-1----1--1--1--|-1- -1------1--|
G|-0----0--0--0--|-0- -0------0--|
D|-0h2--2--2--2--|-2? -3p2----0--|
A|-3----3--3--3--|-3- -3------3--|
E|---------------|---------------|
Verse 1A:
C F - C
I been workin? in this mine since 1984
(C) G
Just like my daddy did and his dad did before
F Am
I stand in line and ride that train down where I can?t see
C F C
Trying to break down that wall of coal in front of me
Verse 1B:
C F C
Preacher tried to tell me what was wrong and right
(C) G
But I learned all my lessons with a carbide light
F Am
Down where air is precious where losers lose it all
C F C
Where to stand and be a man you have to learn to crawl
Chorus:
(C) G F C
I beat on the mountain . . . with a hammer keeping time
(C) G F
Way down in the dungeon . . . Where the sun don't shine,
(C) F Am
Down in the hear of the darkness . . . you can hear my hammer ring
(Am) G F C
I beat on the mountain . . . but the mountain don't say a thing
Bridge:
Am C
Back in thirty-seven the strikers shut them down
F C G
The bosses brought the hard men in to run us outa town
Am C
Well, nowadays the union rep still don't know my name
F C G
Those days of script are over, but the dust rolls just the same.
Verse 2:
C F - C
How I love this mountain that my daddy's buried on
(C) G
Everyday I dig that coal he built his life upon
F Am
Some folks say that our way of life is out of time
C F C
But for now I'm caught between the mountains and the mine
Repeat Chorus 2x and tag ?The mountain don't say a thing? 3 extra times
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