I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain chords by Tim Buckley

Chords with lyrics

I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain
(Buckley)

TIM BUCKLEY
From Goodbye And Hello, 1967

The recording is capoed at the first fret:
actual is: D#D# C#C# G#G# F#F#

Listen to the song for the rhythm, because the chord changes
aren't precise. It's fairly simple, you'll be able figure most
of it out.

D MajorD
O I never asked to be ...
 C majorC
I never asked ...
 D MajorD
Remember when you ...
  C majorC
And told me of ...
  D MajorD
You didn't ...
  C majorC
You don't know ...
    D MajorD
And the rain was falling on ...
  C majorC
And damn the ...

  D MajorD
The Flying Pisces sails ...
  C majorC
And tells me....
D MajorD
Wrapped in ...
  C majorC
He begs for ...
   D MajorD
O he never asked to be ...
  C majorC
He never asked ...
  D MajorD
And through his eye ...
  C majorC
And tells ...

  D MajorD
She says, "Your scoundrel ....
    C majorC
With a dancer called ...
  D MajorD
And with her stolen ...
  C majorC
And laughs, ...
   D MajorD
O the child dreams to ...
    C majorC
In the counting ...
  D MajorD
But only barren ...
    C majorC
For her milk will ....

G+G     FF
As I die I ...
G+G    FF
Where I ...
     G+G
Could ...
     FF
Drove me ...
     G+G
Charming ...,
     FF
Stop and talk ...
     G+G
Is there someone ...
    FF
In your dreams? you ....
G+G
In midnight ....s
   FF
I've found you ...
    G+G
If you ...
    FF
Please leave...

 G+G
O Flying ...
    FF
Please flutter by ...
  G+G
Yes you can ...
  FF
If first ....
G+G
Each one ....
   FF
"I'm drowning back ....
G+G
I can't swim ...
  FF
And you can't ...
  G+G
I'm sailing all ....
    FF
And I'm climbing ....
         D MajorD  C majorC D MajorD C majorC
And soon ....

 D MajorD
O I never asked ....
 C majorC
I never ...
 D MajorD
Remember when ....
  C majorC
And told me of ...
  D MajorD
You didn't ...
  C majorC
You don't ....
    D MajorD
And the rain was ....
  C majorC
And that's the ....

   D MajorD
Sweet lover, will ...
  C majorC
And love me for ...
D MajorD
Please take m...
   C majorC
Leave all your ...
     D MajorD
I've been gone ...
    C majorC
Now I'm home ...
D MajorD
Please don't ...
 C majorC
Again ...
D MajorD        C majorC
Don't leave me ...
D MajorD    C majorC     D MajorD
Sweet ....
C majorC      D MajorD     C majorC           D MajorD
O please....O please......
      C majorC
Please ...

etc., etc...