Stagger Mountain Tragedy

C F C F I was born on Stagger Mountain in the sunshine and the snow C Bb F G And leaving was the first mistake I made C G F C But I hungered for the shadows in the valley down below C Bb C And a girl that danced the tune the devil played C F C F Her smile was like the blinding light of sunshine on the snow C Bb F G And the flashing of her hair was black as sin. C G F C And her body set the smokes of hell a-boiling in my skull C Bb C When the fiddle of the devil made her spin. F C Born in sunshine sunshine high on the mountain, G F C Where the air is pure and cold; G F C But there's darkness in the shadows Bb C In the canyons of my soul. C C F C F The lantern cast her shadow like a demon on the wall C Bb F G And the naked sweat was gleaming on her skin; C G F C Then the room was spinning closer as her clothes began to fall C Bb C And the eagle started screaming in my brain C F C F Then I saw the laughing dagger and I heard the devil scream C Bb F G And her bleeding heart was beating in my hand. C G F C Then the darkness flew away and I was standing by a tree C Bb C With a hanging rope a-danglin' from a limb. F C Born in sunshine sunshine high on the mountain, G F C Where the air is pure and cold; G F C But there's darkness in the shadows Bb C In the canyons of my soul. C