Rough Side Of The Mountain Chords by Barnes Family

_ _ [G] Oh _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
[Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ Lord, _ _ _ _ _ I'm _ striving, _ _ trying to make [Ab] _ _ _
through this _ [Eb] _ perilous land, Lord, _ _ _ as I go from day.
_ _ _ _ [Fm] [Eb] I can hear my _ [Ab] Savior say, trust me, [Eb] child, _ come when I [Bb] hold [Eb] your _ [Ab] hand.
[F] I'm coming _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Bb] _
home [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
[Bb] to the mountain, _ [Eb] _ _
[Bb] but I must _ hold [Eb] to God, _ _ _ to [Fm] His powerful hand.
[C] Keep on holding, _ _
[Eb] Jesus, _ _ _ _ [Cm] [Eb] on the rough _ [Db] side of _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] the mountain.
_ _ _ [Eb] _
_ I'm doing _ [Ab] [Eb] my [C] best to make it [Eb] in.
_ _ [F] _ _
I'm coming up, Lord, _ [Eb] _ _ _
[F] I'm coming up, [Eb] Lord, child.
[Fm] _
_ _ [Eb] Although my [Ab] burden, _ [Db] _
[Ab] sometimes it [Eb] presses me [Ab] down, _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] but if I [Eb] can only keep the faith,
_ I have strength just to [Ab] run this race.
_ [Eb] I'm looking, I'm [Ab] looking for my [F] _ [Eb] starry clouds.
Oh, hallelujah, _ I'm coming up, coming up, Jesus, _ oh, _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
down in the air.
It's all right [F] now, but I got to [Bb] hold _ [Ab] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ on to this life.
_ [Ab] _ [Eb]
Keep on holding, [Cm] Santa, [F] _ _ _
coming up, Jesus, [Eb] _ on the rough _
[C] _ _ [Fm] side of [Eb] the mountain.
[Ab] _ _
_ _ Oh yeah, [C] _ [Eb] I'm doing _ my best [Bb] to [Eb] make it [Ab] in.
You know what, child, [F] _ _ this [Eb] whole race _ _ _ will [Fm]
[Eb] soon be over, child.
_ [Bbm] _ _ [Eb] Oh, if I [Ab] give _ no more rest, but [Eb] lead the running, Lord.
_ _ [C] _ _
[Eb] I got to stand on God's throne, _ or my heartache will [Ab] be gone.
_ [Eb] I hear God saying, He said, [Fm] _ well, [Eb] I'm home.
[Ab] Oh, thank you, [F] Jesus.
_ _ _ [Eb] I'm coming up, Jesus, [F] _ Lord, I'm coming up, _ _ Lord, have a seat.
_ Oh, _ it's all [Eb] right, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ hold on to this life, oh, yeah, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ energy, [F] _
_ oh, _ [C] _ [Bbm] yeah, _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab]
I'm [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [F] _
_ going [Eb] _ to [Ab] sing this verse [Eb] again.
I'm coming up, Lord, _ _
_ [Bb] I'm coming [Eb] up, Lord.
[Dbm] _
[Bbm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
[F] Sometimes it presses [Eb] me down, _ _ _ but if I can only _ keep the faith,
as strength as to run [Ab] this race, _ [Eb] I'm looking, I'm looking for my [Bb] [Eb] star and cross.
[Ab] Oh, hallelujah.
[F] _ I'm coming [Eb] up.
What about you?
[F] I'm coming _ _ up.
On the mountain.
On the mountain.
It's all [Bb] right now, but I got to hold _ [Eb] on. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Keep on holding. _ _ _ _ _
_ Oh, Jesus.
[F] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
_ [Bbm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Let's say it one more [F] time.
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ On you.
_ _ On the _ _ _ _ Lord.
[F] _
_ _ It's all [Eb] right now, but I got to hold _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
on to this.
I'm coming up. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Oh, Jesus. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bbm] It's all right.
[Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ I'm [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ coming [Eb] _ _
_ [Ab] up.
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Raise it up. _
Raise [Ab] it up.
Heaven on My Mind is a song that _ I call it my focus song.
It's going to keep us focused on what our goals are and what we really ought to be about.
It's not about fame and fortune down here.
It's not about any material things.
Those things are important, and we love to be recognized and all that, but the main goal is to one day make it to heaven.
In order to make it to heaven, we must keep heaven on our minds so that we can do the right things and stay in order so that we can one day make it to that