Chords for Kelly’s Mountain – J.P. Cormier with Symphony Nova Scotia musicians (The Fusion Sessions)
Tempo:
128.75 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
Gm
F
Eb
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Do the last number here.
save this one for last.
together.
know that it's just going to get out of hand right about now.
The story behind this song is long, so I'll keep it real short.
write a song one day and was going through my file of discarded lyrics.
be the lid of a pizza box.
inside of the lid, covered in pizza grease, was the words,
save this one for last.
together.
know that it's just going to get out of hand right about now.
The story behind this song is long, so I'll keep it real short.
write a song one day and was going through my file of discarded lyrics.
be the lid of a pizza box.
inside of the lid, covered in pizza grease, was the words,
100% ➙ 129BPM
Bb
Gm
F
Eb
C
Bb
Gm
F
Do the last number here.
_ _ _ We always save this one for last.
_ _ Historically, when we perform together.
_ _ _ _ _ As we know that it's just going to get out of hand right about now. _
_ _ _ The story behind this song is long, so I'll keep it real short.
I basically was trying to write a song one day and was going through my file of discarded lyrics.
And I pulled out what appeared to be the lid of a pizza box.
_ _ And on the inside of the _ lid, covered in pizza grease, was the words,
If I could only fly, if I could build a bridge.
And this song was born.
_ _ One, two, three, four.
_ _ _ If I could [Eb] only fly, _ _ [Gm] _ if I could [Eb] build a bridge.
[Bb] _ _ _ I'd carry you my [F] _ _ love, across this [Gm] barren ridge.
_ [Bb] If there were [Cm] just some way, _ _ [Gm] I'd pull a carriage [Eb] through the snow.
[Bb] _
_ Take [Eb] you over Kelly's Mountain [F] to the village there [Gm] below.
_ No one [Bb] would ever know.
_ _ _ Oh, the snow was high again in the year 1910, when I rode over Kelly's Top from Lake Bredore.
[F] _ Oh, the mountain I had come without a great beer, without a gun.
[Eb] Fetched my [Bb] father's order from the St.
Ann's [Bb] store.
As I purchased my supplies, a pretty maiden caught my eye.
[Eb] Her beauty [Bb] shone upon me like [F] the sun.
As my [Gm] heart melted away, [Bb] I heard somebody say,
Is the daughter fair, [F] _ [Bb] Gowan?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Well, she knew she'd caught my eye, and she smiled as she walked by,
[Eb] Saying, meet me when [Bb] the stars come out [F] tonight.
On the high road I will [Bb] wait by old Don Campbell's gate,
And we'll sing a song of love [F] there in the [Bb] moonlight.
_ _ _ If I could only [Cm] _
fly, [Gm] _ if I could [Eb] build a [Bb] bridge.
_ _ _ I'd carry you [Dm] my _ _ [F] love, across this [Gm] barren ridge.
[Bb] _ If there were [Cm] just some way, _ [Gm] I'd pull a carriage through the snow.
[Bb] _ _
Take [Eb] you over [Bb] Kelly's Mountain to the village [Dm] there below,
_ [Eb] And no one would [Bb] ever know.
_ _ I knew my Gowan was a man with a very heavy hand,
[Eb] And his daughter [Bb] was a meaning to his life.
All [Gm] her suitors, they had come [Bb] to the wrong end of his gun.
[Eb] Long as he was living, [Bb] she'd be no man's wife.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ But I met her underneath the stars, and I took her in my arms.
[Eb] And she said, please take [Bb] me with you where'd [F] you go?
Beneath my [Gm] father's cruel hand, [Bb] no longer I can stand.
I'll leave with 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 _
_ [F] love, across this [Gm] barren ridge.
[Bb] _ If there were just [Cm] some _ way, I'd pull a carriage through the [Fm] snow.
_ [Bb] _
Take you over [Bb] Kelly's Mountain [F] to the village there [Gm] below,
And no one [Bb] would ever know. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] We were halfway up the hill, when a [D] gunshot broke the still.
And I felt a pain burn deep within my side.
Said my God we have to run, my [C] father has a gun.
And he'll never let you take me as your [G] bride.
_ And [Am] my penis slipped and fell, and it [C] wasn't hard to tell.
That [F] McGowan cursed my soul not far [G] behind.
A cold air [Am] sobbing to my breast, [C] saying here I've come to rest.
But [F] there's something that [C] I wish before I'm dying. _
_ _ _ If you [Dm] could only _ fly, _ [Am] if you could [F] build a _ [C] _
_ bridge.
_ You'd carry me my [D] _
_ [G] love, across this [Am] barren ridge.
_ [C] _ Please tell my father [Dm] _ why, it had been in [F] the snow.
[C] _ _
At the top of Kelly's Mountain, [G] where the winds forever [Am] blow.
_ Or no [G] one will ever know.
At [F] the top of [D] Kelly's Mountain, where the winds [Am] forever blow. _
_ _ _ Or [D] no one will ever know.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, that's so good. _ _ _ _ _ _
Symphony of Nova Scotia, yeah!
_ _ That's awesome.
That's awesome.
_ _ _ That was really good.
That put a sweat on us. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ We always save this one for last.
_ _ Historically, when we perform together.
_ _ _ _ _ As we know that it's just going to get out of hand right about now. _
_ _ _ The story behind this song is long, so I'll keep it real short.
I basically was trying to write a song one day and was going through my file of discarded lyrics.
And I pulled out what appeared to be the lid of a pizza box.
_ _ And on the inside of the _ lid, covered in pizza grease, was the words,
If I could only fly, if I could build a bridge.
And this song was born.
_ _ One, two, three, four.
_ _ _ If I could [Eb] only fly, _ _ [Gm] _ if I could [Eb] build a bridge.
[Bb] _ _ _ I'd carry you my [F] _ _ love, across this [Gm] barren ridge.
_ [Bb] If there were [Cm] just some way, _ _ [Gm] I'd pull a carriage [Eb] through the snow.
[Bb] _
_ Take [Eb] you over Kelly's Mountain [F] to the village there [Gm] below.
_ No one [Bb] would ever know.
_ _ _ Oh, the snow was high again in the year 1910, when I rode over Kelly's Top from Lake Bredore.
[F] _ Oh, the mountain I had come without a great beer, without a gun.
[Eb] Fetched my [Bb] father's order from the St.
Ann's [Bb] store.
As I purchased my supplies, a pretty maiden caught my eye.
[Eb] Her beauty [Bb] shone upon me like [F] the sun.
As my [Gm] heart melted away, [Bb] I heard somebody say,
Is the daughter fair, [F] _ [Bb] Gowan?
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ Well, she knew she'd caught my eye, and she smiled as she walked by,
[Eb] Saying, meet me when [Bb] the stars come out [F] tonight.
On the high road I will [Bb] wait by old Don Campbell's gate,
And we'll sing a song of love [F] there in the [Bb] moonlight.
_ _ _ If I could only [Cm] _
fly, [Gm] _ if I could [Eb] build a [Bb] bridge.
_ _ _ I'd carry you [Dm] my _ _ [F] love, across this [Gm] barren ridge.
[Bb] _ If there were [Cm] just some way, _ [Gm] I'd pull a carriage through the snow.
[Bb] _ _
Take [Eb] you over [Bb] Kelly's Mountain to the village [Dm] there below,
_ [Eb] And no one would [Bb] ever know.
_ _ I knew my Gowan was a man with a very heavy hand,
[Eb] And his daughter [Bb] was a meaning to his life.
All [Gm] her suitors, they had come [Bb] to the wrong end of his gun.
[Eb] Long as he was living, [Bb] she'd be no man's wife.
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ But I met her underneath the stars, and I took her in my arms.
[Eb] And she said, please take [Bb] me with you where'd [F] you go?
Beneath my [Gm] father's cruel hand, [Bb] no longer I can stand.
I'll leave with 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 _
_ [F] love, across this [Gm] barren ridge.
[Bb] _ If there were just [Cm] some _ way, I'd pull a carriage through the [Fm] snow.
_ [Bb] _
Take you over [Bb] Kelly's Mountain [F] to the village there [Gm] below,
And no one [Bb] would ever know. _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] We were halfway up the hill, when a [D] gunshot broke the still.
And I felt a pain burn deep within my side.
Said my God we have to run, my [C] father has a gun.
And he'll never let you take me as your [G] bride.
_ And [Am] my penis slipped and fell, and it [C] wasn't hard to tell.
That [F] McGowan cursed my soul not far [G] behind.
A cold air [Am] sobbing to my breast, [C] saying here I've come to rest.
But [F] there's something that [C] I wish before I'm dying. _
_ _ _ If you [Dm] could only _ fly, _ [Am] if you could [F] build a _ [C] _
_ bridge.
_ You'd carry me my [D] _
_ [G] love, across this [Am] barren ridge.
_ [C] _ Please tell my father [Dm] _ why, it had been in [F] the snow.
[C] _ _
At the top of Kelly's Mountain, [G] where the winds forever [Am] blow.
_ Or no [G] one will ever know.
At [F] the top of [D] Kelly's Mountain, where the winds [Am] forever blow. _
_ _ _ Or [D] no one will ever know.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Oh, that's so good. _ _ _ _ _ _
Symphony of Nova Scotia, yeah!
_ _ That's awesome.
That's awesome.
_ _ _ That was really good.
That put a sweat on us. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _