Chords for Patty Griffin - Up To The Mountain (MLK Tribute)
Tempo:
108.25 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
F#
G#m
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
B
E
F#
G#m
C#
B
E
F#
This is a song that was inspired by a speech that Martin Luther King made .
His last speech that he made the up to the mountain speech and that's the name of the song.
[F#] I [B] .
[E] [B] went up to the mountain .
[E] [B] Because [F#] you asked me to.
Up over [G#m] the clouds.
To where the [E] sky.
I could see all [B] around me.
[E] [B] Everywhere .
[F#] .
I could [B] see all [G#m] around me .
[E] Everywhere.
[B] [E] Sometimes [B] .
I feel like I never.
[F#] And nothing but time .
And [G#m] I'll be working till the day I [E] .
expire .
Sometimes I [B].
lay [E] down.
[B] .
No more [F#] can I do.
Then I'll [G#m] go on again .
[E] Because you [B] asked me to .
Some days I [G#m] look [E] down .
Afraid [B] I will fall.
And though the sun [C#] shines.
[G#] .
[C#m] I see nothing .
[F#] And I hear your [E] sweet voice .
Come and [F#] then [G#m] go.
Come and then [E] go.
Telling [B] me softly .
You love [F#] me so .
The peaceful [B] valley .
Just over the [F#] mountain .
[F#] The [G#m] peaceful valley .
You have [E] to [Bm] know .
[E] I may never [B] get there .
Ever [F#] in this lifetime .
.
[G#m] Sooner or later .
[E] There I [G#m] will go.
[D#m] .
[E] .
Sooner [B] or later.
[F#] .
There I will go.
[B] .
[E] [B] Thank you so much.
His last speech that he made the up to the mountain speech and that's the name of the song.
[F#] I [B] .
[E] [B] went up to the mountain .
[E] [B] Because [F#] you asked me to.
Up over [G#m] the clouds.
To where the [E] sky.
I could see all [B] around me.
[E] [B] Everywhere .
[F#] .
I could [B] see all [G#m] around me .
[E] Everywhere.
[B] [E] Sometimes [B] .
I feel like I never.
[F#] And nothing but time .
And [G#m] I'll be working till the day I [E] .
expire .
Sometimes I [B].
lay [E] down.
[B] .
No more [F#] can I do.
Then I'll [G#m] go on again .
[E] Because you [B] asked me to .
Some days I [G#m] look [E] down .
Afraid [B] I will fall.
And though the sun [C#] shines.
[G#] .
[C#m] I see nothing .
[F#] And I hear your [E] sweet voice .
Come and [F#] then [G#m] go.
Come and then [E] go.
Telling [B] me softly .
You love [F#] me so .
The peaceful [B] valley .
Just over the [F#] mountain .
[F#] The [G#m] peaceful valley .
You have [E] to [Bm] know .
[E] I may never [B] get there .
Ever [F#] in this lifetime .
.
[G#m] Sooner or later .
[E] There I [G#m] will go.
[D#m] .
[E] .
Sooner [B] or later.
[F#] .
There I will go.
[B] .
[E] [B] Thank you so much.