Keeper Of The Mountain chords by The Flatlanders

Chords with lyrics

(Track B9B9 from the album "One road more" by the Flatlanders, released in 1980)


Intro
(The intro is 2 bars: the B7B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)
(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)

E MajorE    B7B7 E MajorE


Verse 1
      E MajorE  A augmentedA      E MajorE   C# minorC#m
I remember you?   a-telling me?
        G# minorG#m   A augmentedA          BB     BB
Don't clutch a rose?,   don't mourn the sunset?.
     E MajorE     A augmentedA       E MajorE
And I suppose if I hear? the river moaning?
   A augmentedA        E MajorE
It's just the way I'm feeling,?
  A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA      E MajorE    E MajorE
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no no no?

Verse 2
          E MajorE   A augmentedA
And the very next day
      E MajorE       C# minorC#m
we woke before the dawn?.
         G# minorG#m   A augmentedA
We found our way?
        BB      BB
By the rambling river?.
        E MajorE    A augmentedA
And we had no dream?
     E MajorE
We just lived one?
A augmentedA          E MajorE
I the keeper of the mountain?
 A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA       E MajorE  (A augmentedA) E MajorE
you the morning flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh?


Chorus
       F# minorF#m    B7B7
There was no reason to go?
   E MajorE         A augmentedA
And I never claimed to know?
   E MajorE     A augmentedA
And these (and these)?
       E MajorE           A augmentedA
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
        E MajorE        A augmentedA
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
    E MajorE
Just a moaning (just a moaning)?
  A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA      E MajorE  (A augmentedA) E MajorE
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?

Verse 3
         E MajorE      A augmentedA
When I spoke big words,?
          E MajorE       C# minorC#m
you just let them fly away,?
      G# minorG#m   A augmentedA         BB   BB
blue paper birds?   on a summer's day?.
        E MajorE
And I took you by the hand,?
 A augmentedA          E MajorE
Knew that you would understand,?
A augmentedA          E MajorE
I the keeper of the mountain,?
 A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA       E MajorE    E MajorE
You the mornin' flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.?


Chorus
       F# minorF#m    B7B7
There was no reason to go?
   E MajorE         A augmentedA
And I never claimed to know?
   E MajorE     A augmentedA
And these (and these)?
       E MajorE           A augmentedA
these ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)?
        E MajorE        A augmentedA
That ain't the river (ain't the river)?
    E MajorE
Just a moaning (it's a moaning)?
  A augmentedA        E MajorE     A augmentedA      E MajorE   (A augmentedA) E MajorE
The river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.?