Beat On The Mountain chords

Beat On The Mountain

• C

Capo 6 to match audio

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 dis before
F                                    Am
I stand in line and ride that train down where I can?t see
C                                  F               C
Tryin? to break down that wall o? coal in front o? 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 keepin? 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 ?37 the strikers shut ?em 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 o? 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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