The High Mountain Is Green tab by The Traditional

??? THE HIGH MOUNTAIN IS GREEN
Traditional folk song from Taiwan

By: Federico Bautista
bautistafederico@outlook.com
February 2015

** From the video on YouTube: "Chinese mountaing song" by kelvinkong74 **
**           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnkkj3k8vBA               **


4/4
Tuning: F (in the video)

INTRO
|-----5-8-5-------5-----5--|-------0-------------1-|-----------------------|
|-5-5---------8-5-5---5-5--|-----1---3---1----3--3-|-------1-0-------------|
|-----------------5--------|-2-2-----------2--2--2-|-----0------0----2--2--|
|--------------------------|------------------0----|-2-2----------2--2--2--|
|-----------------0--------|-----------------------|-----------------0--0--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-x--x-x-x--0--|-x--x-x-x--0--|
|-x--x-x-x--1--|-x--x-x-x--1--|
|-x--x-x-x--2--|-x--x-x-x--2--|
|-x--x-x-x--2--|-x--x-x-x--2--|
|-x--x-x-x--0--|-x--x-x-x--0--|
|-x--x-x-x-----|-x--x-x-x-----|
  .      .       .      .

x = Hold an Am chord on the fretboard. Hit the strings with the side of your
thumb, near the bridge, with your right hand. You should get the percussive
sound as well as the chord. Play the last chord of each bar normally. The dot
indicates accent.


PART A
 Am                             Dm               Am
|-0----0-3---0---|-0-----------|----------------|---0---0-0-0-|
|----3---0h1---3-|---1---1-1-1-|-3----1-3p1-----|---1---1-1-1-|
|----2-------2---|---2---2-2-2-|---2--------2-0-|-2-----------|
|----------------|-------------|-0--------------|-------------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------|------0---------|-0-----------|
|----------------|-----0-------|----------------|-----0-------|

 Am                              G       C
|-3-5-5-5-3-0-0-|-0----0-------|-------0-3-0-|
|-----5-------1-|-1--3----1----|-3-3-3-----1-|
|-----5-------2-|-2---------2--|-----0-----0-|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-0-------------|-0------------|---------3---|
|-----------0---|---------0----|-3-----------|

 N.C      Am   N.C.
|---0---------|-----------------|
|-3---3-------|-----------------|
|-0---2-2-2---|-----------------|
|-----------2-|---------2-0-----|
|---------0---|-----0-3-----3---|
|-------------|-0h3-----------3-|

PART B
 Am                                 Dm               Am
|-----------0------|-0-------------|----------------|---0-----0-0-0-|
|---1-----3---1-3--|---1-----1-1-1-|-3----1-3p1-----|---1-----1-1-1-|
|-----2------------|---2-----2-2-2-|---2--------2-0-|-2-------------|
|------------------|---------------|-0--------------|---------------|
|-0-------0--------|-0-----0-------|------0---------|-0-----0-------|
|-------0-------0--|-----0---------|----------------|-----0---------|

 Am                              G       C
|-5-5-5-5-3-0-0-|-0----0-------|-------0-3-0-|
|-----5-------1-|-1--3----1----|-3-3-3-----1-|
|-----5-------2-|-2---------2--|-----0-----0-|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-0-------------|-0------------|---------3---|
|-----------0---|---------0----|-3-----------|

 N.C      Am     N.C.
|---0-------0---|-----------------|
|-3---3-1---1---|-----------------|
|-0---2---2-----|-----------------|
|---------------|-2p0-------------|
|---------0-----|-----3-2-3p2-0---|
|-------------0-|---------------3-|

PART C
 Am                             Dm            Em  Am
|-0----0-3--0---|-0-------------|----------------|---0-----0-0-0-|
|----3--------3-|---1-----1-1-1-|-3----1-3p1-----|---1-----1-1-1-|
|---------------|---2-----2-2-2-|---2--------2-0-|-2-------------|
|---------------|---------------|-0--------------|---------------|
|-0------0------|-0-----0-------|------0---------|-0-----0-------|
|------0------0-|-----0-------0-|--------------0-|-----0-------0-|

 Am                              G       C         Am
|-5-5-5-5-3-0-0---|-0----0--------|-------0-3-0---|-0---3-0-3/-|
|-----5-------1---|-1--3----1-----|-3-3-3-----1-3-|-1----------|
|-----5-------2---|-2---------2---|-----0-----0---|-2----------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|-0---------0-----|-0-------0-----|---------3-----|-0----------|
|---------------0-|-------------0-|-3-------------|------------|

 ENDING
 Am                                                       Am6
|-5-----------|-------------|---0-----0-0-|---0-----0-0-|--2--||
|---5-----5-5-|---5-----5-5-|---1-----1-1-|---1-----1-1-|--1--||
|---5-----5-5-|---5-----5-5-|---2-----2-2-|---2-----2-2-|--2--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--2--||
|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|--0--||
|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----||


LYRICS (from http://english.china.com/chinese/justforfunphoto/209/20140519/78480.html)

???
g?o sh?n q?ng
The tall mountain is green
???
jiàn shu? lán
The gully''s water is blue
?????????
? l? sh?n de g? niáng m?i rú shu?
An Ali Mountain girl is as pretty as water
?????????
? l? sh?n de sh?o nián zhuàng rú sh?n
A yong lad from Ali Mountain is as strong as mountain

????
g?o sh?n q?ng
The tall mountain is always green
????
jiàn shu? lán
The gully''s water is always blue
?????????
g? niáng hé nà sh?o nián y?ng bú f?n
The girl and the lad won''t be apart forever

????????
bì shu? zh?ng wéi zhe q?ng sh?n zhuàn
Blue water winds around the green mountain

?????????
g? niáng hé nà sh?o nián y?ng bú f?n
The girl and the lad won''t be apart forever

????????
bì shu? zh?ng wéi zhe q?ng sh?n zhuàn
Blue water winds around the green mountain