Chords with lyrics
Dave Carter And Tracy Grammer - The Mountain
CAPO: 3rd Fret
INTRO: E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm
G+G D MajorD
I was born in a forked-tongued story
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Raised up by merchants and drugstore liars
G+G D MajorD
Now I walk on the paths of glory
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm G+G C majorC
One foot in ice and one in fire
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I see the mountain, the mountain come to me
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I see the mountain and that is all I see
G+G D MajorD
Some poor prophet comes, some find solace
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Some lay him down in a junkyard bay
G+G D MajorD
Some will chase us and some will call us
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm G+G C majorC
Gone, gone, gone in a day
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
Gone to the mountain, the mountain come to me
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I see the mountain and that is all I see
INSTRUMENTAL: E minorEm D MajorD G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD G+G A minorAm E minorEm D MajorD G+G D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm
G+G D MajorD
Miller take me and miller grind me
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Scatter my bones on the wild green tide
G+G D MajorD
Maybe some roving bird will find me
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm G+G C majorC
Over the water we'll ride
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
Over the mountain, the mountain come to me
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I see the mountain and that is all I see
G+G D MajorD
Some build temples and some find altars
E minorEm D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm
Some come in tall hats and robes spun fine
G+G D MajorD
Some in rags, some in gemstone halters
E minorEm D MajorD E minorEm G+G C majorC
Some push the pegs back in line
CHORUS:
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I see the mountain, the mountain come to me
D MajorD C majorC D MajorD E minorEm D MajorD C majorC E minorEm C majorC
I see the mountain and that is all I see
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Sumerian lyrics:
da-ri kur-niserin-na, pirin zalag, pirin zalag
da-ri kur-niserin-na, dili-du-a, dili-du
[endless mountain of cedar trees, forest of light, forest of light
endless mountain of cedar trees, I walk alone, I walk alone]