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Key: C
Intro:
C G C F C G C
Verse 1:
G
May the wind be at your back
C
And the world beside your feet
F C
May you walks across Wyoming
F G
With a rose clutched in your teeths
C G
May the answers to your questions
C
Fall like raindrops right on cue
F C
And may you set a sharpend heather
F G C
Before the Devil knows you're due
Chorus:
G C
Ooh, here's to love
F
Here's to life
C F
All the fair and tender ladies
G
And the old fishmonger's wife
C
Yeah, here's to you
F
Here's to me
C F
Some ol' mad dog mountain flyboy
G C
And the kid from Tennessee
Guitar Solo:
C G C F C G C
Verse 2:
C G
May your nights be filled with laughter
C
And your days with honest work
F C
May you wake up smelling roses
F G
When you're facedown in the dirt
C G
If you had the sense to come in
C
When the storm clouds start to grow
F C
You wouldn't be my right hand
F G C
And the best friend that I know
Chorus:
G C
Ooh, here's to life
F
Here's to love
C F
When your heart beats like a lion
G
And your shoes fit like a glove
C
Yeah, here's to you
F
Here's to me
C F
Some ol' mad dog mountain flyboy
G C
And the kid from Tennessee
Guitar & Harmonica Solos:
C G C F C F G
C G C F C G C
Verse 3:
C G C
May you always stay in touch with the things
C
That keep you young
F C
When you're staring at injustice
F G
May you never bite your tongue
C G
May the bear tracks in your future
C
Find you downwind in a glade
F C
Where the grass as green as absinthe
F G C
Comes in forty different shades
Chorus:
G C
Ooh, here's to love
F
Here's to life
C F
All the fair and tender ladies
G
And the old fishmonger's wife
C
Yeah, here's to you
F
Here's to me
C F
Some ol' mad dog mountain flyboy
G C G
And the kid from Tennessee
G C F
Yeah, set 'em up, the drinks are free
C F
It's the mad dog mountain flyboy
G C
And the kid from Tennessee
Outro:
C G C F C G C
Song History
Published: April 28, 2025
Last Updated: September 10, 2025