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Key: G
Intro:
G C G
G D G
Verse 1:
G C G
Oh, would you like to hear a story
G C G
About a man who's tired of life?
G C G
Rejected money, love and glory
G C G
To escape the city strife
G C G
He found an empty wild meadow
G C G
To make a home among the trees
G C G
To lose his past, to lose his shadow
G C G
Face the sun and find his peace
Chorus:
Em C D G
But in the evening he hikes up the mountain
Em C D G
To see the city lights
Em C D G
Hears music whispering around him
Em C D G
And remembers his old life
Verse 2:
G C G
And though he has his isolation
G C G
He has no peace of mind
G C G
And his brain still fixatΠ΅s on
G D G
The one he lΠ΅ft behind
Chorus:
Em C D G
And in the evening he climbs up the mountain
Em C D G
To see the harbour lights
Em C D G
Sees the dancing, people carousing
Em C D G
And pictures her new life
Bridge:
Em C G
And in his dreams he is kissed
Em C G
By the woman so missed
Em C G
But when he wakes he insists
Em D
He was right to resist what couldn't exist
Verse 3:
G C G
Among the trees, among the water
G C G
He sees faces from the past
G C G
And hears the voice, always calling
G D G
Of the love that he lost
Em C D G
And in the evening he climbs up the mountain
Em C D G
To see the harbour lights
Em C D G
Sees the dancing, people carousing
Em C D G
And pictures her new life
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Published: September 25, 2025
Last Updated: September 25, 2025