G F# G Em G Hills of Caro lina C G/B Am D Blue ridge mountains to the west G F# G Em G In the shadows of Glassy Mountain C D G D Men are put to the test G F# G Em G Life here aint that easy C G/B Am D Simple pleasures can get lost G F# G Em G Crossing over that old poinsett bridge C D G D Like a poem by Robert Frost G F# G Em G In that deep dark corner C G/B Am D Where the moon shines so fine G F# G Em G In a cabin on a hillside C D G D my darling girl, you will find G F# G Em G One day I will join her C G/B Am D she will be by my side G F# G Em G In the shadows of Glassy Mountain C D G D She will be my sweet bride Break G F# G Em G In that deep dark corner C G/B Am D Built my still with copper coil G F# G Em G Mountain dew flowin freely C D G D A little hickory and a batch of corn G F# G Em G Gubment men came down upon us C G/B Am D No one tells me what to do G F# G Em G We aint got nothing but what we made ourselves C D G D nobody’s business what we choose G F# G Em G Men on horseback they searched the hillside C G/B Am D Where my still house they found G F# G Em G They broke my kettle and they cut my coil C D G moonshine spill't on the ground D C G COLD dark wind comes rollin down D C G Federal boys, been sniffin around D C G Reckon it come to a bitter end C G C G Well my rifles loaded and they aint my friend C G C D Be just one man standing when this trouble ends G F# G Em G In that deep dark corner C G/B Am D They’ll bury me in my grave G F# G Em G “He stood his ground well as any man” C D G On my stone was engraved G F# G Em G In that deep dark corner C G/B Am D Blue Ridge mountains to the west G F# G Em G Near a cabin on a hillside C D G Men are put to the test