Chords for Kelly's Mountain

_ _ _ _ _ _ If I could [Cm] only fly, [Gm] _ _ if I could build [Eb] a _ [Bb] _ bridge, _ _ I'd carry you [F] my love, _ _ across this [Gm] barren ridge.
_ [Bb] _
If there were just [Cm] some way, _ _ [Gm]
I'd pull a carriage through [Eb] the snow, [Bb] _ _
and [Eb] take you over [Bb] Kelly's
mountain, [F] to the village [Gm] there below, and [Eb] no one would [Bb] ever know. _
_ _ _ Oh, [Gm] the snow was high [Bb] again, in the year of 1910, when [Eb] I rode over [Bb] Kelly's top from [F] Lake Gredore.
O'er [Gm] the mountain I had [Bb] come, without rapier, without gun, [Eb] to fetch my [Bb] father's order from
[F] the Saint [Bb] Anna's store.
As [Gm] I purchased my supplies, a [Bb] pretty maiden caught my eye, [Eb] her beauty [Bb] shone upon me [F] like the sun.
As [Gm] my heart melted [Bb] away, I heard somebody say, [Eb] that is the [Bb] daughter fair of Eula Gowan. _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ Well, [Gm] she knew she caught my [Bb] eye, and she smiled as she walked by, [Eb] saying, meet me when
[Bb] the stars come [F] out tonight.
_ On [Gm] the high road I will [Bb] wait, by old Don Campbell's gate, and [Eb] we'll sing a [Bb] song of love there
[C] in the [Bb] moonlight.
_ _ _ _ If I could [Cm] only fly, _ [Gm] _ if I could [Eb] build a _ [Bb] bridge, [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
I'd carry you [F] my _ love, _ across this [Gm] marine ridge.
_ [Bb] _
If there were just [Cm] some way, _ _ [Gm]
I'd pull a carriage [Eb] through the snow, [Bb] _ _
and [Eb] take you over [Bb] Kelly's
mountain [F] to the village [Gm] there below, _ [Eb] and no one would ever know.
_ _ _ I knew McGowan was a man with a very heavy hand, and his daughter [Bb] was the meaning [F] to his life.
All [Gm] her suitors had come [Bb] to the wrong end of his gun, [Eb] as long as he [Bb] was living, [F] she'd
be no [Bb] man's wife.
_ [Gm] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
But I met [Gm] her near the [Bb] stars, and I took her in my arms, and [Eb] she said, please [Bb] take me with
you [F] when you go.
[Gm] Beneath my father's cruel hand, [Bb] no longer I can stand, [Eb] I'll leave with [Bb] you and he will [F] never know.
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ If I could [Cm] only fly, _ [Gm] _ if I could [Eb] build a [Bb] bridge, _ _ _ _ I'd carry you my [C] _ _ _ [F] love, across this [Gm] marine ridge.
_ [Bb] _ If there were just [Cm] some way, _ _ [Gm] I'd pull a carriage through [Eb] the snow, [Bb] _ _ and [Eb] take you over [Bb] Kelly's
mountain [F] to the village [Gm] there below, _ and no one would [Bb] ever _ [Cm] know. _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ So, _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[Am] we were halfway up the hill, [C] when a gunshot broke the still, [F] and I felt the [C] pain burn
deep within [G] my side.
She said, [Am] my God, we have to run, [G] my father has [C] a gun, [F] and he'll never let [G] you take me
as your bride.
[C] _
_ In [Am] my pain I slipped and fell, [C] and it wasn't hard to tell, [F] that McGowan cursed [C] my soul
up far behind.
I'd pull [Am] their sabbath to my breast, [C] say, here I've come to rest, [F] but there's something
[G] that I wish before I'm [C] dying.
_ _ _ _ If you could [Dm] only fly, _ [Am] _ if you could [F] build a _ [C] bridge, _ _ _ you'd carry me [G] my _ love, _ _ across this [Am] marine [A] ridge.
_ [C] _
Please tell my [Dm] father why, _ [Am]
you had to bury me [F] in the snow, [C] _ _ _
[F] near the top of [C] Kelly's mountain,
[G] where the winds [Am] forever blow, [F] oh no one will [C] ever know.
[F] Near the top of [C] Kelly's mountain, [G] where the winds [Am] forever blow, _ _ _ _ _ oh no [G] one will ever know.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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