Mountain Greenery chords by Mel Torme

Chords with lyrics

Mountain Greenery  Richard Rodgers / Lorenz Hart


Tuning: EADGBE

You can see a version of these chords in action here:

This includes the INTERLUDE which is often over-looked.

  VERSE CHORD SHAPES               CHORUS CHORD SHAPES  INTERLUDE CHORD SHAPES
  G+G C6C6 Am7Am7 D MajorD Bm7Bm7 E minor 7Em7 A7A7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Gmaj7Gmaj7 C#m7C#m7 F#7F#7 B7B7 D7D7  G+G E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 D7D7 C6C6 Dm7Dm7  G+G D MajorD D7D7 C majorC F# minorF#m E minorEm Am7Am7
e|-3-0--0---2-2---0---0--2-----2-----4----2---2--2--|-3-0---0---2--0--1---|-3-2-2--0-2---0--0--|
BB|-0-1--1---3-3---0---2--2-----3-----5----2---4--1--|-0-0---1---1--1--3---|-0-3-1--1-2---0--1--|
G+G|-0-2--0---2-4---0---0--2-----4-----4----3---2--2--|-0-0---0---2--2--2---|-0-2-2--0-2---0--0--|
D MajorD|-0-2--2---0-4---0---2--0-----5-----6----4---4--0--|-0-0---2---0--2--0---|-0-0-0--2-4---2--2--|
A augmentedA|-2-3--0---x-2---2---0--x-----x-----4----4---2--x--|-2-2---0---x--3--x---|-2-x-x--3-4---2--0--|
E MajorE|-3-x--x---x-2---0---x--x-----x-----4----2---2--x--|-3-0---x---x--x--x---|-3-x-x--3-2---0--x--|

VERSE 1
G+G        C6C6 Am7Am7  D MajorD   G+G
On the first of May it's a moving day;
Bm7Bm7        E minor 7Em7    A7A7  Dmaj7Dmaj7   Gmaj7Gmaj7 C#m7C#m7  F#7F#7
Spring is here, so blow your job - throw your job  away
D MajorD         E minor 7Em7  A7A7      D MajorD
Now's the time to trust to your wanderlust.
F#m7F#m7  B7B7   E minor 7Em7       D MajorD    Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7   D7D7
In the city's dust you wait - must you wait? Just you wait;


CHORUS 1
G+G E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7   D7D7    G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7    D7D7
In a  mountain greenery where God paints the scenery
G+G  E minor 7Em7 A7A7       Am7Am7  D7D7
just two crazy people together.
G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7    D MajorD     G+G   E minor 7Em7  Am7Am7   D MajorD
While you love your lover, let blues skies be your coverlet.
G+G  E minor 7Em7 A7A7            Am7Am7   D7D7
When it rains we'll laugh at the weather.
  G7G7    C6C6  Dm7Dm7   G7G7     C6C6
And if you're good  I'll search for wood
Dm7Dm7  G7G7   E minor 7Em7 A7A7        Am7Am7 D7D7
  so you can cook  while I stand looking.
G+G   E minor 7Em7  Am7Am7  D MajorD    G+G E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7 D MajorD
Beans could get no keener reception in a beanery.
G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7   D MajorD    G+G   E minor 7Em7  Am7Am7  D7D7
Bless our Mountain Greenery home!


VERSE 2
G+G       C6C6  Am7Am7    D7D7    G+G
Simple cooking means more than French cuisines
Bm7Bm7      E minor 7Em7      A7A7 Dmaj7Dmaj7 Gmaj7Gmaj7  C#m7C#m7  F#7F#7
I've a banquet planned which is sandwi-ches and beans
D MajorD        E minor 7Em7  A7A7      D MajorD
Coffee's just as grand with a little sand
F#m7F#m7  B7B7     E minor 7Em7     D MajorD    Bm7Bm7  Am7Am7 D7D7
Eat and you'll grow fatter boy ? s'matter boy? Atta boy!

INTERLUDE
G+G         D MajorD        G+G     D MajorD     G+G
When the world was young Old Father Adam with sin would grapple
      D MajorD         D7D7        G+G   C majorC     G+G  D MajorD
So we're entitled to just one apple - I mean to make apple sauce
G+G       D MajorD         G+G      D MajorD   G+G
Underneath the bough We'll take a lesson from Mister Omar
      D MajorD         D7D7         G+G   C majorC    G+G
beneath the eyes on no Pa and no Ma Where Mother Nature is boss
F# minorF#m       E minorEm       F# minorF#m      E minorEm
Washing dishes, Catching fishes by the running stream
F# minorF#m           E minorEm     Am7Am7      D MajorD
We'll curse the smell of citronella even while we dream.
   G+G       D MajorD         G+G     D MajorD   G+G
Your head upon the ground, your downy pillow is just a boulder
        D MajorD         D7D7        G+G    C majorC     G+G
You'll have new dimples 'fore I'm older but life is peaches and cream


CHORUS 2
G+G E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7   D MajorD    G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7    D MajorD
In a  mountain greenery where God paints the scenery
G+G  E minor 7Em7 A7A7       Am7Am7  D7D7
just two crazy people together.
G+G  E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7  D MajorD     G+G   Em7Am7    D7D7
How we love sequestering where no pests are pestering
G+G E minor 7Em7 A7A7        Am7Am7   D7D7
No dear ma-ma holds us in tether.
  G7G7   C6C6  Dm7Dm7   G7G7    C6C6
Mosquitoes here  won't bite you, dear
Dm7Dm7   G7G7    E minor 7Em7  A7A7    Am7Am7 D7D7
  I'll let them sting me on my fin-ger

G+G E minor 7Em7  Am7Am7   D MajorD     G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7   D MajorD
We could find no cleaner retreat from life's machinery
G+G  E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7   D MajorD     G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7    D MajorD
Than our mountain greenery where God paints the scenery
G+G   E minor 7Em7 Am7Am7   D7D7    G+G   Gmaj7Gmaj7
Bless our mountain greenery home