Fire On The Mountain George McCorkle/Marshall Tucker Band [ Em ] Took my fam'ly away from my [ C ] Carolina home [ Em ] Had dreams about the West and [ C ]started to roam [ Em ] Six long months on a [ C ] dust covered trail [ Em ] They say heaven's at the end but so [ C ]far it's been hell chorus And there's [ G ]fire on the mountain, [ D ]lightnin' in the air [ Am ]gold in them hills and it's [ C ]waitin' for me [ Em ]there [ Em ]We were diggin' and siftin' [ C ]from five to five [ Em ]sellin' everything we found [ C ]just to stay alive [ Em ]gold flowed free like the [ C ]whiskey in the bars [ Em ]sinnin' was the big thing, lord and [ C ]Satan was the star chorus [ Em ]Dance hall girls were the [ C ]evenin' treat [ Em ]Empty shells and blood lined the [ C ]gutters of the street [ Em ]Men were shot down for the [ C ]sake of fun [ Em ]Or just to hear the noise of their [ C ]forty four guns chorus [ Em ]Now my widow she [ C ]weeps by my grave [ Em ]Tears flow free for her man [ C ]she couldn't save [ Em ]Shot down in cold blood by a [ C ] gun that carried fame [ Em ]All for a useless and no good [ C ]worthless claim And there's [ G ]fire on the mountain, [ D ]lightnin' in the air [ Am ]gold in them hills and it's [ C ]waitin' for me [ Em ]there [ G ]fire on the mountain, [ D ]lightnin' in the air [ Am ]gold in them hills and it's [ C ]waitin' for me [ Em ]there [ C ]waiting for me [ G ] there.