When the Mountains Cry

Verse:
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Chorus:
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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Em
A lilac comes on a poisoned thorn
C Em
In a dress dirty and torn
C Em
Young-uns a playin’ as the black crow flies
D Em
Mama’s weeping; hear the mountains cry.

[Verse 2]
Em
There was another, a wild dirt flower
C Em
Cold was her heart and as dark as dire
C Em
Tears on the ground where her love did die
D Em
‘Neath the bloody moon; hear the mountains cry.

(fiddle break)

[Verse 3]
Em
Oh dig his grave narrow and deep
C Em
Set a jug of whiskey by his thirsty feet
C Em
And lay two pennies on his roving eyes
D Em
Two women wailing as the mountains cry.

[Coda]
C Em
Oh the wind blows weary and the willows sigh
D Em
Rivers of sorrow when the mountains cry. (x2)