Verse 1 Em C Took my family away from my Carolina home Em C Had dreams about the West and started to roam Em C Six long months on a dust covered trail Em C They say heaven's at the end, but so far it's been hell Chorus G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air, Am C Em C Em C Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there Verse 2 Em C We were diggin' and siftin' from five to five Em C Sellin' everything we found just to stay alive Em C Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars Em C Sinnin' was the big thing, Lord, and Satan was his star Chorus G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air, Am C Em C Em C Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there Instrumental G D Am C G G D Am C Em C Em C Em C Em C Verse 3 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 Chorus G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air, Am C Em C Em C Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there Verse 4 Em C Now my widow, she weeps by my grave Em C Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save Em C Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame, Em C all for a useless and no good, worthless claim Chorus G D And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air, Am C G gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there Outro G D Fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air, Am C Em Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there C G ..waitin' for me there..
