The Mountain Song
Words & Music by by Tracey Wickland
sung by John Denver
on Autograph (1980)
A Amaj7
I came here from the city
A7 D
A thousand miles away
Dm A/E
I came just for a little while
Bm7 E
You know I never meant to stay
A Amaj7
I meant to take my pleasure
A7 D
Have a good time and be gone
Dm A/E
But I fell in love with a lady
Bm7 E A
Now I sing a mountain song
A Amaj7
I listened to the music
A7 D
Of the night wind in the pines
Dm A/E
I've seen the quiet splendor
Bm7 E
Of a field of columbine
A Amaj7
I skied on crystal pathways
A7 D
To a mountain peak so tall
Dm A/E
And I walked the mighty summits
Bm7 E
With the one who made it all
D E
And I fell in love with a lady
C#m7(4th fr) F#m
'Cause I've seen her at her best
Bm7 E
And I've walked her wild and rugged paths
A A7
Through her open wilderness
D E
And now I never can betray her
C#m7(4th fr) F#m
Steal her riches and be gone
Bm7 E
'Cause when you fall in love with a lady
Bm7 E A
You gotta sing a mountain song
A Amaj7
Now people come from everywhere
A7 D
To see what they can find
Dm A/E
And some take lots of pictures
Bm7 E
And some just take their time
A Amaj7
But they're some who take her beauty
A7 D
That can't be bought or sold
Dm A/E
And they think of only money
Bm7 E
While destroying wealth untold
D E
But you fall in love with a lady
C#m7(4th fr) F#m
When you've slept upon her breast
Bm7 E
And when you've walked her wild and rugged paths
A A7
To her open wilderness
D E
And you never can betray her
C#m7(4th fr) F#m
Steal her riches and be gone
Bm7 E
'Cause when you fall in love with a lady
Bm7 E A
You gotta sing a mountain song
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