Fire On The Mountain chords by The Marshall Tucker Band (Ver. 2)

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
   ------------------  -------------
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'-

                    v---v 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?