Here are the lyrics and chords as they appear in the PDF at David Mansfield's web site. (A melody line is also given there.) I have boldfaced the words that are different from the versions posted above. Note: I found the notations "D. C. al Coda", etc., rather confusing, so I'm not sure I got the sequence of the words right.


WHEN THE MOUNTAINS CRY
(from the movie "Songcatcher", as sung by Aidan Quinn)
David Mansfield and Tom Russell

          Am
  A lilac caught on a poison thorn
          F              Am
  In a dress dirty and torn
               F                         Am
  Young 'uns playin' as the black crow flies
          G                           Am
  Mama's weepin'; hear the mountains cry.
  
  
              Am
  There was another, a wild dark flower.
                F                      Am
  Cold was her heart in its darkest hour
                 F                        Am
  Tears on the ground where her love did die
                     G                        Am
  'Neath the bloody moon; hear the mountains cry.
  
  
                     Dm                             Am
  See the valley tremble; hear the mountains cry.
                  G                   Am
  Two mournin' doves in a cloudy sky
                      F                    Am
  Oh, the wind blows weary and the willow sighs
             Dm                        Am
  Rivers of sorrow when the mountains cry.

Oh, dig his grave narrow and deep.
Set a cup of whiskey by his thirsty feet,
And lay two pennies on his rovin' eyes.
Two women wailin' as the mountains cry.