Chords for Gene Watson - You Gave Me a Mountain
Tempo:
70.85 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Dm
G
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [F] [C] [F] [C] Born in the heat [Am] of the desert
[Dm] My mother died giving [G] me life
[C]
Pride and the love [Am] of a father
[Dm]
Blamed for the loss [G] of his wife
[C] You know Lord, I've [A] been in a [Am] prison
[Dm] Oh, something that [G] I've never done
[C] It's been one hill [Em] after another
And [F] I've climbed them all one [G] by [F] [Em] [Dm] one
[C] But this time [F] you gave me
[C] I
[F] may [C] never climb
[F] And [C] [F] [C] it isn't [F] a hill [C] any longer
You gave me [F] a mountain [C] this time
[G] [F] [Em] [Dm] [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hardships
[Dm] Tired of the grief [G] and the strife
[C] So tired of working [Am] for nothing
[Dm] Tired of [G] being my wife
She [C]
took my one [Am] ray of sunshine
She [Dm]
took my pride [G] and my joy
She [C]
took my [Em] reason for living
[F] She took my small [G] [F] baby [Em] boy
[Dm] [C] So this time [F] you gave me
[C] I may
[F] [C] never climb
[F] [C] [F] [C]
And it isn't [F] a hill [C]
any longer
You gave [F] me a mountain [C]
this time
You gave me [F] a mountain [G] this
time
[F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[Cm] [N]
You gave me a mountain this time
[Dm] My mother died giving [G] me life
[C]
Pride and the love [Am] of a father
[Dm]
Blamed for the loss [G] of his wife
[C] You know Lord, I've [A] been in a [Am] prison
[Dm] Oh, something that [G] I've never done
[C] It's been one hill [Em] after another
And [F] I've climbed them all one [G] by [F] [Em] [Dm] one
[C] But this time [F] you gave me
[C] I
[F] may [C] never climb
[F] And [C] [F] [C] it isn't [F] a hill [C] any longer
You gave me [F] a mountain [C] this time
[G] [F] [Em] [Dm] [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hardships
[Dm] Tired of the grief [G] and the strife
[C] So tired of working [Am] for nothing
[Dm] Tired of [G] being my wife
She [C]
took my one [Am] ray of sunshine
She [Dm]
took my pride [G] and my joy
She [C]
took my [Em] reason for living
[F] She took my small [G] [F] baby [Em] boy
[Dm] [C] So this time [F] you gave me
[C] I may
[F] [C] never climb
[F] [C] [F] [C]
And it isn't [F] a hill [C]
any longer
You gave [F] me a mountain [C]
this time
You gave me [F] a mountain [G] this
time
[F] [C] [Dm] [C]
[Cm] [N]
You gave me a mountain this time
Key:
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F
Dm
G
Am
C
F
Dm
[C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ [F] [C] Born in the heat [Am] of the desert
_ [Dm] My mother died giving [G] me life
_ [C] _
Pride and the love [Am] of a father
_ _ [Dm] _
Blamed for the loss [G] of his wife
_ _ [C] You know Lord, I've [A] been in a [Am] prison
_ [Dm] Oh, something that [G] I've never done
_ _ [C] It's been one hill [Em] after another
And [F] I've climbed them all one [G] by [F] _ [Em] [Dm] one
[C] But this time _ [F] you gave me
[C] I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ may [C] never climb
[F] And [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] it isn't _ [F] a hill [C] any longer
_ You _ _ gave _ me [F] a mountain _ [C] this time
[G] _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [Dm] [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hardships
_ _ [Dm] Tired of the grief [G] and the strife
_ [C] So tired of working [Am] for nothing
_ _ [Dm] Tired of [G] being my wife
She [C] _
took my one [Am] ray of sunshine
She [Dm] _
took my pride [G] and my joy
She [C] _
took my [Em] reason for living
_ [F] She took my small [G] [F] baby [Em] boy
[Dm] [C] So this time _ [F] you gave me
[C] I _ _ may _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] never climb
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
And it isn't [F] a hill _ [C]
any longer
You _ _ _ gave _ [F] me a mountain _ _ [C]
this time _ _ _ _ _
You gave _ me [F] a mountain _ _ [G] this _ _ _ _ _ _
_ time
[F] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You gave _ _ _ _ me a mountain this _ _ time _ _
_ [Dm] My mother died giving [G] me life
_ [C] _
Pride and the love [Am] of a father
_ _ [Dm] _
Blamed for the loss [G] of his wife
_ _ [C] You know Lord, I've [A] been in a [Am] prison
_ [Dm] Oh, something that [G] I've never done
_ _ [C] It's been one hill [Em] after another
And [F] I've climbed them all one [G] by [F] _ [Em] [Dm] one
[C] But this time _ [F] you gave me
[C] I _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ may [C] never climb
[F] And [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] it isn't _ [F] a hill [C] any longer
_ You _ _ gave _ me [F] a mountain _ [C] this time
[G] _ _ [F] _ [Em] _ [Dm] [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hardships
_ _ [Dm] Tired of the grief [G] and the strife
_ [C] So tired of working [Am] for nothing
_ _ [Dm] Tired of [G] being my wife
She [C] _
took my one [Am] ray of sunshine
She [Dm] _
took my pride [G] and my joy
She [C] _
took my [Em] reason for living
_ [F] She took my small [G] [F] baby [Em] boy
[Dm] [C] So this time _ [F] you gave me
[C] I _ _ may _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [C] never climb
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [C]
And it isn't [F] a hill _ [C]
any longer
You _ _ _ gave _ [F] me a mountain _ _ [C]
this time _ _ _ _ _
You gave _ me [F] a mountain _ _ [G] this _ _ _ _ _ _
_ time
[F] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You gave _ _ _ _ me a mountain this _ _ time _ _