You Gave Me A Mountain (Live at The Honolulu International Center, Hawaii January 14, 1973) Chords
Tempo:
96.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [Ab] [Em] [Am]
[F] [Dm] [Ab] [G]
[C] Born in the [Am] heat of the desert,
[Dm] my mother died [F] giving me [G] life.
[C] Deprived of the [Am] love of a father, [Dm] blamed for the loss of his [G] wife.
[C] No Lord I've been [Am] in a prison, [Dm] for something that [G] I've never done.
[C] Spent one hill [Em] after another,
[F] I climbed them all one [G] by one.
[C] Woman that died [F] gave me [C] a mountain, [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]
it is love [F]
[C]
that gave me [F] purpose [C] to die.
[Bb]
[F] [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hard days, [Dm] tired of the grief and the [G] strife.
[C] So tired of [Em] working [Am] for nothing, [Dm] just tired of being [F] my [G] wife.
[C] She took my one [Am] ray of sunshine,
[Dm] she took my pride [G] and my joy.
[C] She took my reason [Em] for living,
[F] she took [Dm] my small [F] baby boy.
[G]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]
Oh
[F] you gave
[C]
me [F] a mountain [C] this time.
You gave me [F] a mountain [C] this time.
[Gb] [Em]
[F] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Bb] [Dm]
[C] In fact
Thank you, [N] [Em]
[F] [Dm] [Ab] [G]
[C] Born in the [Am] heat of the desert,
[Dm] my mother died [F] giving me [G] life.
[C] Deprived of the [Am] love of a father, [Dm] blamed for the loss of his [G] wife.
[C] No Lord I've been [Am] in a prison, [Dm] for something that [G] I've never done.
[C] Spent one hill [Em] after another,
[F] I climbed them all one [G] by one.
[C] Woman that died [F] gave me [C] a mountain, [F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]
it is love [F]
[C]
that gave me [F] purpose [C] to die.
[Bb]
[F] [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hard days, [Dm] tired of the grief and the [G] strife.
[C] So tired of [Em] working [Am] for nothing, [Dm] just tired of being [F] my [G] wife.
[C] She took my one [Am] ray of sunshine,
[Dm] she took my pride [G] and my joy.
[C] She took my reason [Em] for living,
[F] she took [Dm] my small [F] baby boy.
[G]
[C] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C] [Bb] [F] [C]
Oh
[F] you gave
[C]
me [F] a mountain [C] this time.
You gave me [F] a mountain [C] this time.
[Gb] [Em]
[F] [Ab] [Bb] [C] [Bb] [Dm]
[C] In fact
Thank you, [N] [Em]
Key:
C
F
G
Dm
Am
C
F
G
[G] _ [Ab] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] Born in the [Am] heat of the desert, _
_ [Dm] _ my mother died [F] giving me [G] life.
_ [C] _ Deprived of the [Am] love of a father, _ [Dm] _ blamed for the loss of his [G] wife.
_ [C] No Lord I've been [Am] in a prison, [Dm] for something that [G] I've never done.
_ [C] Spent one hill [Em] after another, _
_ [F] I climbed them all one [G] by one.
[C] Woman that died [F] _ gave me [C] a _ _ _ _ _ _ mountain, _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _
it is love _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
that gave me [F] purpose _ _ [C] to die.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hard days, _ [Dm] tired of the grief and the [G] strife.
[C] So tired of [Em] working [Am] for nothing, [Dm] just tired of being [F] my [G] wife.
_ [C] She took my one [Am] ray of sunshine, _
_ [Dm] she took my pride [G] and my joy. _
_ [C] She took my reason [Em] for living, _
_ [F] she took [Dm] my small [F] baby boy.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Oh
_ [F] you gave _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ me [F] a mountain [C] this time.
_ _ _ You gave me [F] a mountain _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] this time.
[Gb] _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
[C] In fact
Thank _ _ _ _ you, _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] Born in the [Am] heat of the desert, _
_ [Dm] _ my mother died [F] giving me [G] life.
_ [C] _ Deprived of the [Am] love of a father, _ [Dm] _ blamed for the loss of his [G] wife.
_ [C] No Lord I've been [Am] in a prison, [Dm] for something that [G] I've never done.
_ [C] Spent one hill [Em] after another, _
_ [F] I climbed them all one [G] by one.
[C] Woman that died [F] _ gave me [C] a _ _ _ _ _ _ mountain, _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _
it is love _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
that gave me [F] purpose _ _ [C] to die.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ [C] My woman got tired [Am] of the hard days, _ [Dm] tired of the grief and the [G] strife.
[C] So tired of [Em] working [Am] for nothing, [Dm] just tired of being [F] my [G] wife.
_ [C] She took my one [Am] ray of sunshine, _
_ [Dm] she took my pride [G] and my joy. _
_ [C] She took my reason [Em] for living, _
_ [F] she took [Dm] my small [F] baby boy.
[G] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ Oh
_ [F] you gave _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ me [F] a mountain [C] this time.
_ _ _ You gave me [F] a mountain _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] this time.
[Gb] _ [Em] _
[F] _ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ [Dm] _
[C] In fact
Thank _ _ _ _ you, _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ [Em] _