Everest Chords by Public Service Broadcasting

_ Once there was a mountain called Peak 15.
Nothing was known about it.
But in 1852, the surveyors found it was the highest in the world.
And they named it [Bb] Everest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] When men were first drawn to Everest, it [Gm] was an unknown quantity.
_ _ [Eb] _ Something entirely beyond them.
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A climber climbs with his guts, his brains, his soul, and his feet. _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ All of them bound for a [Gm] cold, white world.
A world that [Eb] is all up and up. _
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[Cm] _ _ _ [Bb] The air is getting thinner and thinner.
At such heights, when you're lacking oxygen, you may think you're normal, but you're not.
You're moving in a dream, a dream [Gm] that deludes and [Cm] debilitates. _ _ _
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[Eb] _ Two very small men, cutting steps in the loop of the world.
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_ _ _ _ Why should a man climb Everest?
_ _ Because it is there. _ _ _