Lyr Req: Fire on the Mountain (Marshall Tucker B)

Subject: Fire on the mountain/Tucker Band
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 17 Jun 00 - 12:32 AM

Watching the High Meadow fire from a nearby peak, the old Marshall Tucker song kept running through my head.

Fire on the Mountain
Lightning in the air
Gold in those hills and it's waitin' for me there

Anyone have the rest of the words? Chords?

Subject: Lyr Add: FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN (George McCorkle)
From: Pixie
Date: 17 Jun 00 - 11:14 AM

Cool! I can help!

The chords are Em, C for verses, chorus is G,D,C,G; second repeat of chorus go back to Em.

Words:

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN
(George McCorkle)

V1
Took my family away from my Carolina home,
Had dreams about the west and started to roam;
Six long months on a dust-covered trail,
They say Heaven's at the end but so far it's been hell -
And there's -

CHORUS:
Fire on the mountain, lightning in the air,
Gold in them hills and it's waiting for me there.

V2
We were digging and sifting from 5 til 5,
Selling everything we found, just to stay alive;
Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars,
Sin was the big thing, Lord, and sin was a star (I think!!!)
An there's -
CHORUS

V3
Dance hall girls were the evening treat,
Empty cartridges and blood line the good earth of the street;
Men were shot down for the sake of fun,
Or just to hear the noise of their .44 guns.
An there's -
CHORUS

V4
Now my widow, she grieves by my grave,
Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save;
Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame,
All for a useless and no-good, worthless claim.
And there's -
CHORUS, repeat 2x

Enjoy!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uMWbZj-gWg

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Fire on the mountain/Tucker B
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 17 Jun 00 - 03:03 PM

Thanks Pixie! I had attempted to figure this out on my own and came up with Em Am for the verses, going to Em C on the last line, which also seems to work. Some of those verses are a bit tricky to get in aren't they - "empty cartridges and blood lined the good earth of the street" (now that's a tongue twister)

Subject: RE: Lyr/Chords Req: Fire on the mountain/Tucker B
From: Pixie
Date: 18 Jun 00 - 08:14 AM

Your welcome! My first time to post a lyric so I feel very privileged! lol