You Gave Me A Mountain Chords by Ray Price
Tempo:
117.6 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C]
Born in the heat of [Am] the desert, [Dm] my mother [F] died giving me life.
[G]
[C] Pride of the love [Am] of a father,
[Dm] blame for the loss [A] of his wife.
[G]
You [C] know Lord, [Am] I've been in a prison, [Dm] or something [F]
that I've never done.
[G] [C] It's been one hill after [B] [C] another,
[Am] [Dm] but I've climbed them all [G] one by one.
[C]
You gave me a mountain, a mountain, and a castle.
Any longer you gave me a mountain, this time.
[Db]
My woman got tired [Bbm] of the hardships,
[Ebm] tired [Gb] of the grief and the [Ab] strife.
[Db] So tired of working [Bbm] for nothing,
[Ebm] tired of being my [Ab] wife.
[Db] She took my one [Bbm] ray of sunshine,
[Ebm] she took my pride [Gb] and my joy.
[Ab]
[Db] She took my reason [Eb] for living, [Bbm]
[Ebm] she [Ebm] took my [Ab] small baby boy.
[Db] This time you gave [Abm]
me [Db] a mountain, a mountain.
I may never climb any longer.
You gave me [Gb] a mountain.
[B] [Db]
[N]
Born in the heat of [Am] the desert, [Dm] my mother [F] died giving me life.
[G]
[C] Pride of the love [Am] of a father,
[Dm] blame for the loss [A] of his wife.
[G]
You [C] know Lord, [Am] I've been in a prison, [Dm] or something [F]
that I've never done.
[G] [C] It's been one hill after [B] [C] another,
[Am] [Dm] but I've climbed them all [G] one by one.
[C]
You gave me a mountain, a mountain, and a castle.
Any longer you gave me a mountain, this time.
[Db]
My woman got tired [Bbm] of the hardships,
[Ebm] tired [Gb] of the grief and the [Ab] strife.
[Db] So tired of working [Bbm] for nothing,
[Ebm] tired of being my [Ab] wife.
[Db] She took my one [Bbm] ray of sunshine,
[Ebm] she took my pride [Gb] and my joy.
[Ab]
[Db] She took my reason [Eb] for living, [Bbm]
[Ebm] she [Ebm] took my [Ab] small baby boy.
[Db] This time you gave [Abm]
me [Db] a mountain, a mountain.
I may never climb any longer.
You gave me [Gb] a mountain.
[B] [Db]
[N]
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Born in the heat of [Am] the desert, _ _ _ [Dm] my mother [F] died giving me life.
[G] _
_ _ [C] Pride of the love [Am] of a father, _
_ _ [Dm] blame for the loss [A] of his wife.
[G] _
You [C] _ know Lord, _ [Am] I've been in a prison, _ _ _ [Dm] or something [F]
that I've never done. _
[G] _ _ [C] It's been one hill after [B] [C] another, _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] but I've climbed them all [G] one by one.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You gave me a mountain, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ a mountain, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ and a castle. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Any longer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you gave _ _ me a _ _ mountain, this time. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My woman got tired [Bbm] of the hardships, _
_ _ [Ebm] _ tired [Gb] of the grief and the [Ab] strife.
_ [Db] So tired of working [Bbm] for nothing, _
_ _ [Ebm] _ tired of being my [Ab] wife.
_ _ [Db] _ _ She took my one [Bbm] ray of sunshine, _
_ _ [Ebm] _ she took my pride [Gb] and my joy.
[Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ She took my reason [Eb] for living, [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ she [Ebm] took my [Ab] small baby boy. _
_ _ [Db] This time _ _ _ you gave [Abm] _
me [Db] a mountain, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ a mountain. _
_ _ I may never _ _ _ climb _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ any longer.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You gave _ me [Gb] a mountain.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Born in the heat of [Am] the desert, _ _ _ [Dm] my mother [F] died giving me life.
[G] _
_ _ [C] Pride of the love [Am] of a father, _
_ _ [Dm] blame for the loss [A] of his wife.
[G] _
You [C] _ know Lord, _ [Am] I've been in a prison, _ _ _ [Dm] or something [F]
that I've never done. _
[G] _ _ [C] It's been one hill after [B] [C] another, _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] but I've climbed them all [G] one by one.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You gave me a mountain, _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ a mountain, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ and a castle. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Any longer _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you gave _ _ me a _ _ mountain, this time. _ _ _
_ [Db] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ My woman got tired [Bbm] of the hardships, _
_ _ [Ebm] _ tired [Gb] of the grief and the [Ab] strife.
_ [Db] So tired of working [Bbm] for nothing, _
_ _ [Ebm] _ tired of being my [Ab] wife.
_ _ [Db] _ _ She took my one [Bbm] ray of sunshine, _
_ _ [Ebm] _ she took my pride [Gb] and my joy.
[Ab] _
_ _ [Db] _ She took my reason [Eb] for living, [Bbm] _ _
_ _ [Ebm] _ she [Ebm] took my [Ab] small baby boy. _
_ _ [Db] This time _ _ _ you gave [Abm] _
me [Db] a mountain, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ a mountain. _
_ _ I may never _ _ _ climb _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ any longer.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You gave _ me [Gb] a mountain.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ [Db] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _