[Intro]
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[Verse]
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If you’re thumbin’ down a dog-town road….
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With your tongue back, draggin’ ass, hotter than a train track
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Harlan up to Middlesboro…..
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With your coal seam, jimson weed, wildcat, wind speed
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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]
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[Verse]
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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…..
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With a go-devil, Honda rebel, OxyContin coal shovel
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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]
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[Verse]
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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….
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From a shoelace, total waste, sign your whole life away
Em G D A
Don’t forget the debt that you’re owed….
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From the fat cats, race rats, big Pharma, tall stacks
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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