Chords for Wolverton Mountain -"ORIGINAL" Merle Kilgore
Tempo:
86.45 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I picked this song in 1959 because I was going to see my Uncle Clifton Clowers, who lived on Wilburton Mountain.
Arkansas, on Route 65.
turned me on to country music.
wait to go on Wilburton Mountain to hear Uncle Clifton play.
in the field, and I said, Uncle Clifton, I wrote you a song as a present.
sung the song to him, [G] and he was just as dry as he can be.
a joke.
fact the next [G] week I was on tour with George Jones, and George and I shared a hotel room together.
Arkansas, on Route 65.
turned me on to country music.
wait to go on Wilburton Mountain to hear Uncle Clifton play.
in the field, and I said, Uncle Clifton, I wrote you a song as a present.
sung the song to him, [G] and he was just as dry as he can be.
a joke.
fact the next [G] week I was on tour with George Jones, and George and I shared a hotel room together.
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I picked this song in 1959 because I was going to see my Uncle Clifton Clowers, who lived on Wilburton Mountain.
Wilburton Mountain is in Arkansas between Clinton and Marleton, Arkansas, on Route 65.
And so I thought to bring him a present.
Now he turned me on to country music.
He played mandolin and fiddle, and as a little kid I said, well I can't wait to go on Wilburton Mountain to hear Uncle Clifton play.
So when I got there they were cutting sorghum molasses in the field, and I said, Uncle Clifton, I wrote you a song as a present.
So I sung the song to him, [G] and he was just as dry as he can be.
He said, well I think you wrote yourself a hit.
I said, I just wrote it for you as a joke.
And he said, you ought to think about that for [C] a hit.
So I had, in fact the next [G] week I was on tour with George Jones, and George and I shared a hotel room together.
He said, sing me something new.
[E] I sung him a little bit of Wilburton [C] Mountain.
He said, I hate mountain songs.
_ _ _ [G] So Johnny Horton was one of my dearest friends, and of course he had the Battle of New Orleans, [F#] he was the hottest thing going.
And he [N] said, Chief, you got a song for me to record?
I can make you some money now.
So I sung him Wilburton Mountain.
He said, you know something about mountain [F#m] songs just don't get to you [Fm] in the plains of Texas.
So [E] I gave up on the [G] song, I moved to Nashville, and Tillman, Franks, and [N] Claude came up to finish an album, the Common Cheryl's album.
And he said, Tillman said, [G] Merle, have you got a song, we want to help you out on your move to Nashville.
Have you got a song that, _ [Am] you know this folk music is really big now, have you got a mountain song?
Do I have a mountain [C#m] song?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ They say old Joe, all [G] the way in the mountain, _ poor old Joe, _ _ [C] poor old Joe,
poor old Joe, has some lips and flowers, [G] has a pretty young daughter,
he's mighty handy with [C] a gun and a knife, for [G] tender lips, for tender lips,
for [C] sweet of that honey, that [D] Wilburton Mountain _ [G] protects her there.
All the [C] bears and the birds, have [G] lips and flowers,
_ if a spring should [C] wander there,
not all my dreams, on [G] Wilburton Mountain,
_ I will stop _ [C] for a moment,
_ I'll take my chance, I'm going to [G] climb that mountain,
those lips and flowers, may [C] take my, _
for [G] tender lips, for tender lips, for [F] sweet of that [C]
honey,
that [D] Wilburton Mountain _ [G] protects her there.
[C] All the bears and the birds, have [G] lips and flowers,
_ if a spring should [C] wander, _
_ _ I'm going to get [D] the one I love, I'm going up,
_ I'm going up, all [A] the way to the mountain,
[Em] _ [A] it's too low, down [D] here below,
you know it just ain't right, for him [A] to hide that daughter,
from the one, who [D] loves her so,
[A] said her tender lips, for tender lips, [G] for sweet of [D] that honey,
that [E] Wilburton Mountain [A] protects her there.
[D] All the bears and the birds, have lips [A] and flowers,
_ if a spring should [D] wander there,
I don't [A] care about lips and flowers,
[D] I'm going to climb up on that mountain,
[A] I'm going to get the one I love,
[D] I don't care about lips and [A] flowers,
I'm going up,
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Wilburton Mountain is in Arkansas between Clinton and Marleton, Arkansas, on Route 65.
And so I thought to bring him a present.
Now he turned me on to country music.
He played mandolin and fiddle, and as a little kid I said, well I can't wait to go on Wilburton Mountain to hear Uncle Clifton play.
So when I got there they were cutting sorghum molasses in the field, and I said, Uncle Clifton, I wrote you a song as a present.
So I sung the song to him, [G] and he was just as dry as he can be.
He said, well I think you wrote yourself a hit.
I said, I just wrote it for you as a joke.
And he said, you ought to think about that for [C] a hit.
So I had, in fact the next [G] week I was on tour with George Jones, and George and I shared a hotel room together.
He said, sing me something new.
[E] I sung him a little bit of Wilburton [C] Mountain.
He said, I hate mountain songs.
_ _ _ [G] So Johnny Horton was one of my dearest friends, and of course he had the Battle of New Orleans, [F#] he was the hottest thing going.
And he [N] said, Chief, you got a song for me to record?
I can make you some money now.
So I sung him Wilburton Mountain.
He said, you know something about mountain [F#m] songs just don't get to you [Fm] in the plains of Texas.
So [E] I gave up on the [G] song, I moved to Nashville, and Tillman, Franks, and [N] Claude came up to finish an album, the Common Cheryl's album.
And he said, Tillman said, [G] Merle, have you got a song, we want to help you out on your move to Nashville.
Have you got a song that, _ [Am] you know this folk music is really big now, have you got a mountain song?
Do I have a mountain [C#m] song?
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ They say old Joe, all [G] the way in the mountain, _ poor old Joe, _ _ [C] poor old Joe,
poor old Joe, has some lips and flowers, [G] has a pretty young daughter,
he's mighty handy with [C] a gun and a knife, for [G] tender lips, for tender lips,
for [C] sweet of that honey, that [D] Wilburton Mountain _ [G] protects her there.
All the [C] bears and the birds, have [G] lips and flowers,
_ if a spring should [C] wander there,
not all my dreams, on [G] Wilburton Mountain,
_ I will stop _ [C] for a moment,
_ I'll take my chance, I'm going to [G] climb that mountain,
those lips and flowers, may [C] take my, _
for [G] tender lips, for tender lips, for [F] sweet of that [C]
honey,
that [D] Wilburton Mountain _ [G] protects her there.
[C] All the bears and the birds, have [G] lips and flowers,
_ if a spring should [C] wander, _
_ _ I'm going to get [D] the one I love, I'm going up,
_ I'm going up, all [A] the way to the mountain,
[Em] _ [A] it's too low, down [D] here below,
you know it just ain't right, for him [A] to hide that daughter,
from the one, who [D] loves her so,
[A] said her tender lips, for tender lips, [G] for sweet of [D] that honey,
that [E] Wilburton Mountain [A] protects her there.
[D] All the bears and the birds, have lips [A] and flowers,
_ if a spring should [D] wander there,
I don't [A] care about lips and flowers,
[D] I'm going to climb up on that mountain,
[A] I'm going to get the one I love,
[D] I don't care about lips and [A] flowers,
I'm going up,
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
