Chords for Wolverton Mountain -"ORIGINAL" Merle Kilgore
Tempo:
86.45 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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]
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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] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _