Mountain Right Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]He [C]was born i[F]n Dixon
Holler [C]in 1893,
Never [F]had no runnin water no electricity.
[C]He rai[G]sed his own tabacco
and he [F]raised a family,
[G]he alway's said you can't go wrong
in life if you do whats mountain [C]right.
Stand your ground straight and
tall mountain [F]right,
go down proud if you must [Am]fall this
[Dm]has alway's been our l[Am]and and I
[F]love it more than [Em]life,
and when I [Dm]die I'll know that
[G]I lived Mountain R[C]ight.

[Verse 2]
A [F]car rolled up one day with US
Highway on the [C]door.
[F]The interstate is coming through
you can't live here anymore,
[C]The[G] old man said my pa
lived here and [Dm]my
grandpa be[F]fore and [G]I ain't
giving up without a fight.
I'm Gunna do what's Mountain [C]Right.

[Verse 3]
Well [F]they came back to give him one
last chance to change his [C]mind.
They [F]came with guns and dogs and talked
through megaphones this [C]time.
[G]The old man said I told you once
I'm [F]not the runnin kind,
if [G]you boy's don't shoot first,
well I just might and I'll
be Mountain [C]Right.

[Verse 4]
I'll stand my [C]ground straight and tall
Mountain [F]Right,
just say the hell with all [Am]you all.
If your [Dm]gunna take my [Am]land,
your gunna [F]have to take
my [Em]life and when I
[Dm]die, I'll know that [G]I lived
Mountain [C]Right.

[Verse 5]
Now if [F]you gas up in dixon ask anyone
in [C]town they'll [F]point you to a
cabin that the highway goes [C]around
[G]you can read the head stone where
[F]his eppitatt is found says [G]god may
judge him in a diffrent lite but
here he was Mountain [C]Right he stood
his ground stright and tall
Mountain [F]Right said I'll fall proud if
I must [Am]fall this had [Dm]always
been his [Am]land and he [F]loved
it more than [Em]life
when he [Dm]died he knew in[G]side
he was Mountain [C]Right.

[Verse 6]
He was [F]born in dixon holler [C]in 1893
never [F]had no running water [C]no electricty.
He [G]raised his own tobacco
and he [F]raised a family,
he [G]always said you can't go wrong in
life if you do what's Mountain Right.