That Mountain
written by Billy Bob Thornton and Marty Stuart
(based on a story told to Thornton by Jim Varney)
from the album "Private Radio"
Corrections welcome.   tabbed 5/6/05


INTRO:  D  

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There's a big black train I've been hearin' all my life
                          C                 D
Every night at sundown I hear it's lonesome cry
      
When I look through the screen door I see a rocking chair
                                   C
My mama's sitting in it thinking 'bout that world out there


CHORUS:
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She wants to go over that mountain to see what's on the other side
             G          C            D     Bm         A          D
She said "I want to go over that mountain before the day that I die"


SOLO

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She's never set foot out of this poor valley holler
                                  C                  D
But she talks about her dreams of some other way of life

87 years of living and never had much of anything
                               C                   D
Is it asking too much to see a damned old diesel train


CHORUS


SOLO

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20 years ago today my daddy left this holler
                          C            D
He said "I'll be coming back tomorrow night"

I remember the sound of his boot heels in the gravel
                                     C            D
Well he ain't been back since and he never said goodbye


CHORUS


Bm         A           D
Before the day that I die