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Uphill Mountain by Jackie Greene
Uphill Mountain
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 5th fret
Key: F
[Chords]
C and F chords use hammer-ons alternating between:
C x32013 / x30013 (C / C2)
F 1x3213 / 1x3013 (Fadd9 / Fsus2)
G/B x20013 (Gadd4/B)
Am7 x02013
C/G 3x2013
[Intro]
C F C F
C G/B Am7 C/G F G
[Verse 1]
C F
Big Joe Turner, Emma James
C F
Street survivor selling walking canes
C G/B Am7 C/G F
Give your babies holy names for me
C F
I don't know, but I've been told
C F
You never grow up and you'll never get old
C G/B Am7 C/G
You can watch the world being bought and sold
F G C/G
All on your T.V.
[Chorus]
F C
Sometimes it gets a little rough
G Am7 C/G
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
F C
Better stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
G F
And if you're gonna fall, well, you might as well fall
[Verse 2]
C F
Build a house, honey, make it home
C F
Gonna make a place, man, where I can be alone
C G/B Am7 C/G
Don't the yard look pretty when it's overgrown
F G
Standing six feet tall
C F
This ain't a ride, but it's a livin'
C F
You got to take just what you are given
C G/B Am7 C/G
'Cause luck only matters with the cards and the women
F G C/G
And sometimes not at all
[Chorus]
F C
Sometimes it gets a little rough
G Am7 C/G
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
F C
Better stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
G F
And if you're gonna fall, well, you might as well fall
[Instrumental]
F G F Bb F G F G C
[Verse 3]
C F
Peeping Tom said to Madame Rose
C F
"I've seen you twice already without your clothes
C G/B Am7 C/G
What I suggest, honey, what I propose
F G
Is that you see me without mine"
C F
Tell John Henry, Cassius Clay
C F
Swinging iron for a living is one hell of a way
C G/B Am7 C/G
But whatever you do, don't let your hammer stray
F G C/G
I believe we'll be just fine
[Chorus]
F C
Sometimes it gets a little rough
G Am7 C/G
Like the wheels made of steel going uphill mountain
F C
Better stand tall if you're gonna stand at all
G F
And if you're gonna crawl, well, you might as well crawl
F
Ah, you might as well crawl
F
Yes, you might as well crawl
F C
Well, you might as well crawl
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