Bottom Of A Mountain chords by Johnny Cash

SimplifiedG · D · A · C

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
I was born in West Virginia
D 
A 
D 
Where the land is black with coal
G 
C 
For a man to feed his family
D 
It takes twelve hours a day a
G 
Digging in a dirty black hole

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Verse 2

Way down in the bottom of a mountain

Way down in the bottom of a hole

Way down in the bottom of a mountain

I'm digging and a shoveling and a

Loading out the dirty black coal

Verse 3
G 
Some men give their wives jewelry
D 
A 
D 
Some men give their wives gold
G 
C 
But all I can give to my sweet woman
D 
Are the few dollars I make from
Digging out the dirty black
G 
coal

Interlude 1

Verse 4
G 
I draw script for most of my money
D 
I never see a lot of that
G 
I work all week and go to
C 
church on Sunday
D 
Well the preacher going to get what's
G 
Left when they pass the hat

Verse 5
D 
Way down in the bottom of a mountain
A 
D 
Way down in the bottom of a hole
G 
D 
Way down in the bottom of a mountain
I'm digging and a shoveling and a
A 
D 
Loading out the dirty black coal
I'm digging and a shovelin' and a
A 
D 
Loading out the dirty black coal