Matterhorn Chords by Country Gentlemen

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[Eb] _ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ We started out from [Cm] Bern, in sunny August morning
[Ab] There was just the four of us against [Eb] the Matterhorn
[Cm] There was Albert the Australian [Eb] and John the Irishman
Me [Ab] and Bill from Britain, mad [Eb] dogs in the sun
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Matterhorn!
_ _ _ _ Men have tried and men have [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] died, but mighty men
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[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ Two miles up we lost John [Cm] and the rations fell below
[Ab] Alan Bill the Lion _ _
_ Now here [Cm] I am, oh, [Eb] can I stop?
Two more [Ab] yards in front of me before I reach the [Eb] top _
[Cm] Matterhorn!
_ _ _ _ Men have [Eb] tried and men have died
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[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Now here I am, a [Cm] dying upon the Matterhorn
[Ab] Not a grief for me to lie in, nor a thing to [Eb] keep me warm
[Cm] The Queen would surely knight me if [Eb] I could get back down
[Ab] But it's closer here to heaven than it is back to the [Eb]
ground
[Cm] Matterhorn! _ _ _ _
Men [Eb] have tried and men have [Abm] died
_ [Eb] _ But mighty men Matterhorn
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