High On A Rocky Ledge chords by Moondog

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A D Dm A A D Dm A A A7 D Bm Dm A F# Bm E A

Verse:
A               D               Dm     A
High on a rocky ledge lives the Mädel, Edelweiß
A                D         Dm        A
Shy as a shadow, lovely as lace, and cold as ice
  A7      D              Dm
High on a rocky ledge, I pledged my love to
A         F#     Bb          E   A
Her ev'ry time I climb up to paradise
                    D          Dm       A
How many times I've been up to see her, goodness knows
                     D              Dm      A
Huffing and puffing, dressed in the warmest climbing clothes
 A7      D                Dm
How many chances would be taken in my
A           F#          Bm           E   A
Hopeless pursuit of the Schnee-Mädel-Edelweiß
                      D            Dm       A
Then spoke a spirit, "If you would win your Lady Love,
                      D            Dm         A
There's only one way: fall to your death from high above.
 A7        D              Dm
You will begin to grow in snow beside the
A            F#     Bm        E     A
One you have waited for to be mated with."
                 D          Dm     A
Now I'm an Edel, vice to my Mädel, Edelweiß
                 D          Dm  A
Dying to be with her wasn't any sacrifice
  A7       D         Dm
We're so deliriously happy on our
A             F#         Bm         E    A
Ledge where I pledged my love to my Lady Fair
                     D             Dm     A
You who are climbing breathless to see me and my love
                     D         Dm      A
Snow flowers growing fonder on Lover's Ledge above
 A7           D                  Dm
If you've the yen to pluck, then pluck us both for
A           F#       Bm           E      A
We who have lived as one, wish to die as one.

Outro:
A  D  Dm  A

F  Fm  A