Uphill Mountain chords by Greene Jackie

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

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