Chords for [I'm Coming Up On] The Rough Side Of The Mountain

_ _ [A#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#m] _ [F#] In times like these, we're [F#m] all climbing up the mountains of life.
[F#] _
_ _ _ _ You see, sickness _ is a mountain. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#] _ [D#m] Unemployment _ is a mountain.
_ [F#] _ _ _ The world [B]
[F#] crisis [C#] is _ a mountain.
[F#] _ _
_ _ _ But I'd like to make a parable of these mountains today.
_ _ _ [B]
You see, [F#] I'd rather climb [D#m] up the rough side of the mountain than the smooth [F#] side.
_ _ _ For if I climb up the smooth [C#] side of the mountain, _ _ [B] _
[F#] _ _ [B] my [C#] foot just may [F#] slip, _ _ _ and I'll fall all the way back down. _
_ _ [B] _ [F#] _ But if I climb up the rough side of the mountain, _ [B] _ _ [F#] if I start to slip, _ [F#] _ I just may be able to reach [C#] out and catch a hold to [D#m] a limb or a branch on a tree.
_ _ _ _ Or if [F#] my foot slips, [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ it just may fall on a stump, a stalk on a rock, _ before I fall all the way back down.
I _ _ can explain it a little better in this good old gospel song here. _
_ _ _ Oh _ [D#m] Lord, [B] _ _ _ _ _ I'm striving, _ _ _ [F#] trying [D#] to make it [B] through _ [F#] this barren _ land, Lord.
[D#] _ [E] As I [F#] go from [C] day to day, _ _ [F#] I can hear [A#] my [D#m] Savior say,
_ [A#m] Trust me, child, [B] _ [F#] _ _ [G#] _ I'll hold your hand.
_ [F#] _ _ I'm calm, _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
I'm silent, _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ I must [B] hope [F#] you got _ [F] _
[D#m] _ [B] His [F#] powerful hand. _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#m] _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ [G#] _ _ I'm counting, _ [B] _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A#] I'm doing [F#] my _ [C#] best to [F#] make it on in.
[B] _
[F#] _ _ [B] _ _ This old _ race [D#m] will [F] _ [D#m] soon be [B] over.
[C#m] Thank you, Jesus.
_ [G#m] I've _ _ [F#] been _ raised [A#m] from itter-utter [B] love, _ _ [D#m] but [F#] I've got to [B] stand before [F#] God strong.
[D#m] _ [C#] All [F#] my heart _ [A#]
will be gone.
[B] _ _ _ [A#m] _ _
Savior [C#] say, [F#] Welcome home.
[B] _
_ [F#] _ I'm climbing up _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the rough side _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ [C#] again. _
[F#] Oh, I must hold you _ God's _ _ kiss.
I'm _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ _
climbing up _ _ _ _ _
[F#] the rough [C#m] side _ _ [C#] _
again.
[F#] _ _ _ [Cm] _ I'm _ [A#] doing _ [F#] my best [C#] to make [F#] it _ _ _ [D#] _ _
[F#] in. _ _ _ _ _ _
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