Mountain Greenery chords by Mel Torme

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 C6 Am7 D Bm7 Em7 A7 Dmaj7 Gmaj7 C#m7 F#7 B7 D7   G Em7 Am7 D7 C6 Dm7   G D D7 C F#m Em Am7
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--|
B|-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|-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|-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|-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|-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               C6  Am7    D      G
On the first of May it's a moving day;
Bm7                Em7       A7    Dmaj7      Gmaj7  C#m7   F#7
Spring is here, so blow your job - throw your job   away
D                 Em7   A7            D
Now's the time to trust to your wanderlust.
F#m7   B7     Em7             D        Bm7   Am7      D7
In the city's dust you wait - must you wait? Just you wait;


CHORUS 1
G  Em7 Am7      D7       G     Em7 Am7        D7
In a   mountain greenery where God paints the scenery
G    Em7 A7             Am7    D7
just two crazy people together.
G     Em7 Am7       D          G     Em7   Am7     D
While you love your lover, let blues skies be your coverlet.
G    Em7 A7                       Am7     D7
When it  rains we'll laugh at the weather.
    G7        C6   Dm7     G7         C6
And if you're good    I'll search for wood
Dm7    G7      Em7  A7               Am7 D7
   so  you can cook    while I stand looking.
G     Em7   Am7    D        G  Em7  Am7  D
Beans could get no keener reception in a beanery.
G     Em7 Am7      D        G     Em7   Am7   D7
Bless our Mountain Greenery home!


VERSE 2
G              C6    Am7       D7        G
Simple cooking means more than French cuisines
Bm7            Em7           A7 Dmaj7  Gmaj7    C#m7   F#7
I've a banquet planned which is sandwi-ches and beans
D                Em7   A7            D
Coffee's just as grand with a little sand
F#m7    B7          Em7          D        Bm7   Am7  D7
Eat and you'll grow fatter boy ? s'matter boy?  Atta boy!


INTERLUDE
G                  D                G         D         G
When the world was young Old Father Adam with sin would grapple
           D                  D7                G     C          G   D
So we're entitled to just one apple - I mean to make apple sauce
G              D                  G           D      G
Underneath the bough We'll take a lesson from Mister Omar
            D                 D7                 G      C       G
beneath the eyes on no Pa and no Ma Where Mother Nature is boss
F#m             Em              F#m            Em
Washing dishes, Catching fishes by the running stream
F#m                      Em         Am7           D
We'll curse the smell of citronella even while we dream.
     G             D                  G         D      G
Your head upon the ground, your downy pillow is just a boulder
                D                 D7                G       C         G
You'll have new dimples 'fore I'm older but life is peaches and cream


CHORUS 2
G  Em7 Am7      D        G     Em7 Am7        D
In a   mountain greenery where God paints the scenery
G    Em7 A7             Am7    D7
just two crazy people together.
G   Em7 Am7    D          G     Em7Am7       D7
How we  love sequestering where no pests are pestering
G  Em7  A7                Am7     D7
No dear ma-ma holds us in tether.
   G7      C6   Dm7     G7        C6
Mosquitoes here   won't bite you, dear
Dm7     G7       Em7   A7        Am7 D7
   I'll let them sting  me on my fin-ger

G  Em7   Am7     D         G     Em7  Am7      D
We could find no cleaner retreat from life's machinery
G    Em7 Am7      D         G     Em7 Am7        D
Than our mountain greenery  where God paints the scenery
G     Em7 Am7      D7       G     Gmaj7
Bless our mountain greenery home