mansfield david - "when the mountains cry-crd"

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Subject: When the Mountains Cry by David Mans

When the Mountains Cry by David Mansfield and Tom Russell
From the movie Songcatcher

Em
A lilac comes on a poisoned thorn
C Em
It has roots dirty and torn
C Em
Young-uns a playin' as the black crow flies
D
Mama's weeping
Em
Hear the mountains cry.

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
'Neath the bloody moon
Em
Hear the mountains cry.

(Fiddle break)

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
Two women wailing
Em
As the mountains cry.

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