Chords for Mountain Wild
Tempo:
102.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
C
G
E
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G] [D]
[C] [G]
[D] There was a man that lived in the hills [C] all by [D] himself
Seeing whiskers hanging off his face in [G] the tree
There's a hangin' a blue elk
[E] The [G] only friend he's got in this [D] world is a big old [A] wild cat
[D] That sleeps down at the foot of the cave, kills off the big rats
I think I'd like to see this [C] guy, well I [D] might just maybe
But everybody down in the little bitty town, they all say he's crazy
[G] I asked a fella what the story [D] was, asked him just what happened
He said, boy sit down, let me tell you about this mountain wild man
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain
[C] [D]
He had a job and a wife and a little bitty [C] boy, [G] and things were [D] just fine
Till he caught that woman out a runnin' around and it kinda messed up his mind
[G] So he went to the bar and he had a few [D] drinks, and he did a lot of thinkin'
He could either kill that cheatin' woman, [C] or drown his [D] sorrows a drinkin'
Well they knew he couldn't kill that cheatin' woman, so they put him in a prison
And his heart and his pride were too damn strong for him to go to drinkin'
So [G] he broke the bonds of society [D] and started walkin'
He bought a rifle and a knife and a big boy knife and went to the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] [D] Boy I'm gonna tell you somethin' [C] your mama probably [D] never told you
Just why she never told you about your [C] pa and why [D] he left you
[G] Now you've heard the story [D] of why he left this land
Boy I know who your pa is, he's that mountain wild man
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D]
[G] up on the mountain
[C] [G]
[D] There was a man that lived in the hills [C] all by [D] himself
Seeing whiskers hanging off his face in [G] the tree
There's a hangin' a blue elk
[E] The [G] only friend he's got in this [D] world is a big old [A] wild cat
[D] That sleeps down at the foot of the cave, kills off the big rats
I think I'd like to see this [C] guy, well I [D] might just maybe
But everybody down in the little bitty town, they all say he's crazy
[G] I asked a fella what the story [D] was, asked him just what happened
He said, boy sit down, let me tell you about this mountain wild man
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain
[C] [D]
He had a job and a wife and a little bitty [C] boy, [G] and things were [D] just fine
Till he caught that woman out a runnin' around and it kinda messed up his mind
[G] So he went to the bar and he had a few [D] drinks, and he did a lot of thinkin'
He could either kill that cheatin' woman, [C] or drown his [D] sorrows a drinkin'
Well they knew he couldn't kill that cheatin' woman, so they put him in a prison
And his heart and his pride were too damn strong for him to go to drinkin'
So [G] he broke the bonds of society [D] and started walkin'
He bought a rifle and a knife and a big boy knife and went to the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] [D] Boy I'm gonna tell you somethin' [C] your mama probably [D] never told you
Just why she never told you about your [C] pa and why [D] he left you
[G] Now you've heard the story [D] of why he left this land
Boy I know who your pa is, he's that mountain wild man
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D]
[G] up on the mountain
Key:
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ There was a man that lived in the hills [C] all by [D] himself
_ _ Seeing whiskers hanging off his face in [G] the tree
There's a hangin' a blue elk
[E] The [G] only friend he's got in this [D] world is a big old [A] wild cat
[D] That sleeps down at the foot of the cave, kills off the big rats
I _ _ _ _ think I'd like to see this [C] guy, well I [D] might just maybe _
But everybody down in the little bitty town, they all say he's crazy
_ _ [G] I asked a fella what the story [D] was, asked him just what happened
He said, boy sit down, let me tell you about this mountain wild man
_ _ [C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain _ _ _
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ He had a job and a wife and a little bitty [C] boy, [G] and things were [D] just fine _ _ _ _
Till he caught that woman out a runnin' around and it kinda messed up his mind
[G] So he went to the bar and he had a few [D] drinks, and he did a lot of thinkin'
He could either kill that cheatin' woman, [C] or drown his [D] sorrows a drinkin' _ _ _ _ _
Well they knew he couldn't kill that cheatin' woman, so they put him in a prison
_ And his heart and his pride were too damn strong for him to go to drinkin'
So [G] he broke the bonds of society [D] and started walkin'
He bought a rifle and a knife and a big boy knife and went to the mountain _ _ _
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain _
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Boy I'm gonna tell you somethin' [C] your mama probably [D] never told you _
Just why she never told you about your [C] pa and why [D] he left you
_ [G] Now you've heard the story [D] of why he left this land
Boy I know who your pa is, he's that mountain wild man
_ _ _ [C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
_ [C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain
_ [C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ up on the mountain
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ _ There was a man that lived in the hills [C] all by [D] himself
_ _ Seeing whiskers hanging off his face in [G] the tree
There's a hangin' a blue elk
[E] The [G] only friend he's got in this [D] world is a big old [A] wild cat
[D] That sleeps down at the foot of the cave, kills off the big rats
I _ _ _ _ think I'd like to see this [C] guy, well I [D] might just maybe _
But everybody down in the little bitty town, they all say he's crazy
_ _ [G] I asked a fella what the story [D] was, asked him just what happened
He said, boy sit down, let me tell you about this mountain wild man
_ _ [C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain _ _ _
[C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain _ _
[C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ He had a job and a wife and a little bitty [C] boy, [G] and things were [D] just fine _ _ _ _
Till he caught that woman out a runnin' around and it kinda messed up his mind
[G] So he went to the bar and he had a few [D] drinks, and he did a lot of thinkin'
He could either kill that cheatin' woman, [C] or drown his [D] sorrows a drinkin' _ _ _ _ _
Well they knew he couldn't kill that cheatin' woman, so they put him in a prison
_ And his heart and his pride were too damn strong for him to go to drinkin'
So [G] he broke the bonds of society [D] and started walkin'
He bought a rifle and a knife and a big boy knife and went to the mountain _ _ _
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain _
[C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ Boy I'm gonna tell you somethin' [C] your mama probably [D] never told you _
Just why she never told you about your [C] pa and why [D] he left you
_ [G] Now you've heard the story [D] of why he left this land
Boy I know who your pa is, he's that mountain wild man
_ _ _ [C] Mountain wild [G] man up [D] on the mountain
_ [C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] up on the mountain
_ [C] Mountain wild [G] man [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ up on the mountain