Fire On The Mountain - Marshall Tucker Band (George McCorkle, 1975)
4/4 TIME (UON) @ 100 BPM (3 Min. 53 Sec.) in 'G'.
Chords Used:
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GUITAR KEYBOARD
E A D G B e Bass| Chord
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G - 3 2 0 0 0 3 G G-B-D -OR-
- 3 2 0 0 3 3
D - x x 0 2 3 2 D A-D-F#
Am - x 0 2 2 1 0 A A-C-E
C - x 3 2 0 1 0 C G-C-E
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0 E G-B-E
INTRO: [13 M]
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** First 5 measures played 'freely'-
▼----▼ See Short TAB, Below.
|G |D |Am |C G |… +3+4+|
+ 3 + 4 +
A|----------|
E|0-3---2---|
** TEMPO = 100 BPM
|Em |Em |C |C |Em |Em |C |C |
VERSE #1: [8 M]
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|Em |C |Em |
Took my fam'ly away from my… Carolina home… Had dreams about the West and…
|C |Em |C |
… started to roam… Six long months on a dust… covered trail…
|Em |C |
They say heaven's at the end, but so far it's been hell… And there's…
CHORUS #1: [7.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
… fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |Em |C |
waitin' for me there…
VERSE #2: [8 M]
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|Em |C |Em |
We were diggin' and siftin'… from five to five… sellin' everything we found…
|C |Em |C |
just to stay alive… Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars…
|Em |C |
Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and… Satan was his star… And there's…
CHORUS #2: [7.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
… fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |Em |C |
waitin' for me there…
INTERLUDE: [16 M]
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2/4 4/4 2/4 4/4
|G |D |Am |C |G |G |D |Am |C |
|Em |C |Em |C |Em |C |Em |C |
VERSE #3: [8 M]
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|Em |C |
Dance hall girls were the… evenin' treat…
|Em |C |
Empty cartridges and blood… lines the gutters of the street…
|Em |C |
Men were shot down for the… sake of fun,…
|Em |C |
or just to hear the noise of their… forty four guns… And there's…
CHORUS #3: [7.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
… fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |Em |C |
waitin' for me there…
VERSE #4: [8 M]
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|Em |C |Em |
Now my widow she… weeps by my grave… Tears flow free for her man…
|C |Em |C |
she couldn't save… Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame…
|Em |C |
all for a useless and no good,… worthless claim… And there's…
CHORUS #4: [4.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
… fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |
waitin' for me there…
CHORUS #5: [8.5 M]
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|G |D |Am |
Fire on the mountain,… lightnin' in the air,… gold in them hills and it's
2/4 4/4
|C |Em |C |G |G |G |
waitin' for me there,… waitin' for me there…
