Uphill Mountain chords by Greene Jackie

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
C majorC  FF  C majorC  FF
C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7  C/GC/G  FF  G+G


Verse 1:
C majorC               FF
 Big Joe Turner,  Emma James
C majorC                        FF
 Street survivor selling walking canes
C majorC          G/BG/B    Am7Am7  C/GC/G       FF
 Give your babies holy names for me
C majorC                  FF
 I don't know, but  I've been told
    C majorC                        FF
You never grow up and you'll never get old
        C majorC         G/BG/B         Am7Am7        C/GC/G
You can watch the world being bought and sold
FF             G+G    C/GC/G
All on your T.V.


Chorus:
FF             C majorC
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G+G                          Am7Am7    C/GC/G
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
       FF                     C majorC
Better  stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
    G+G                               FF
And if you're gonna fall, well, you might as well fall


Verse 2:
C majorC                     FF
 Build a house, honey,  make it home
C majorC                              FF
Gonna make a place, man, where I can be alone
          C majorC         G/BG/B              Am7Am7 C/GC/G
Don't the yard look pretty when it's overgrown
FF                 G+G
Standing six feet tall
C majorC                       FF
 This ain't a ride, but  it's a livin'
C majorC                     FF
 You got to take just what you are given
       C majorC         G/BG/B              Am7Am7           C/GC/G
'Cause luck only matters with the cards and the women
    FF                G+G    C/GC/G
And sometimes not at all

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Chorus:
FF             C majorC
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G+G                          Am7Am7    C/GC/G
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
       FF                     C majorC
Better  stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
    G+G                               FF
And if you're gonna fall, well, you might as well fall


Instrumental:
FF  G+G  FF  Bb majorBb  FF  G+G  FF  G+G  C majorC


Verse 3:
C majorC                    FF
 Peeping Tom said to  Madame Rose
      C majorC                          FF
"I've seen you twice already without your clothes
     C majorC    G/BG/B               Am7Am7  C/GC/G
What I suggest, honey, what I propose
        FF                  G+G
Is that you see me without mine"
C majorC                FF
Tell John Henry,  Cassius Clay
         C majorC                        FF
Swinging iron for a living is one hell of a way
        C majorC        G/BG/B                Am7Am7    C/GC/G
But whatever you do, don't let your hammer stray
  FF                     G+G    C/GC/G
I believe we'll be just fine


Chorus:
FF             C majorC
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G+G                          Am7Am7    C/GC/G
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
       FF                     C majorC
Better  stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
    G+G                                FF
And if you're gonna crawl, well, you might as well crawl
        FF
Ah, you might as well crawl
         FF
Yes, you might as well crawl
          FF                    C majorC
Well, you might as well crawl