The Mountain Song

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-The Mountain Song-

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by Vertical Horizon on "There and Back Again"

Each - represents a sixteenth note. This is to let a little space to make

the tab legible. The song is comprised of an intro/verse of eight measures

in 4/4 time.

Intro and Verses:

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^

E +7---------------5---5--7------------7--7------------0---------------

B +9-----9------9--5---5--9------9-----9--9----9-------0---------------

G +9-----9------9--6---6--9------9-----9--9----9---8---8---------------

D +9-----9------9--7---7--9------9-----9--9----9---9---9---------------

A +7---9/11*-11-11-7---7--7--9/11------7--7--9/11--9---9-----7-9119-97-

E +0---------------5---5--0--------0---0--0--------7---0---7/9*--------

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1

** ^ !

E +7--7--------5---5--7------------7-------7-------7--------7--

B +9--9----9---5---5--9------9-----9-------7-------9109-----9--

G +9--9----9---6---6--9------9-----9---8---8-------9--------9--

D +9--9----9---7---7--9------9-----9---9---9-------9--------9--

A +7--7--9/11--7---7--7--9/11------7---9---9-------7--------7--

E +0--0--------5---5--0--------0---0---7---7---0---0--------0--

2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

*Note these slides should be done with the ring finger so the index can do

either the rest of the E chord or the single, whatever the case may be.

All the slides and hammers only take two sixteenth notes total and look

longer because the tablature takes up more than two dashes. The other

notes after the slides are in their correct places in the time. Just

listen.

**In the intro, this A is slide to from a G# a half step below.

! When leading into the chorus and outro, at beat 4 here do 24-- on the

low E. Then go straight into the chorus or outro.

^Upstrokes

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E +---55---0--00---4--44--7--------5--55-0-----0-00----7-----------

B +---55---0--00---5--55--7--------5--55-0-----0-00----9109--------

G +---66---8--88---6--66--8----4-4-6--66-6-----6-66----9-----------

D +---77---9--99---6--66--9--4/6---7--77-7-----7-77----9-----------

A +7--77---9--99---4--44--9--------7--77-7-----7-77----7-----------

E +5--55---7--77---4--44--7--------5--55-0-----0-000---0-------24--

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

E +---55---0--00---4--44--7--------5----55-----5---4-4---7-7-------

B +---55---0--00---5--55--7--------5----55-----5---5-5---7-7-------

G +---66---8--88---6--66--8------4-6----66-----6---6-6---8-8-------

D +---77---9--99---6--66--9-4h64h6-7----77-----7---6-6---9-9-------

A +7--77---9--99---4--44--9--------7----77-----7---4-4---9-9-------

E +5--55---7--77---4--44--7--------5----55-----5---4-4---7-7-------

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

------

E +---55---0--00-------7--------------55---0--00-------------------7

B +---55---0--00-------9109-----------55---0--00-------------------9

G +---66---8--88-------9--------------66---8--88---7--9--9---9--9--9

D +---77---9--99-------9--------------77---9--99---9--7--9---9--9--9

A +7--77---9--99-------7-----------7--77---9--99---X--X--7---X--7--7

E +5--55---7--77---0---0-------24--5--55---7--77---10-9--7---5--7--0

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

Lyrics:

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(Instrumental Intro)

(Verse 1)

This mountain we must climb over

This mountain we must climb

I will follow you over

We will survive

(Verse 2)

It's time now

We must be moving onward

It's time for us to fly

Take care and look over your shoulder

I'm there all the time

(Chorus)

If you're lost and you need someone to count on

Oh you've got to look to me

Because it's times like these when a good friend is a savior

Oh you come running on back to me

(Verse 3)

It's time now

We must be moving onward

It's time for us to fly

Take care and look over your shoulder

I'm there all the time

(Verse 4)

And someday when you're feeling awkward

And someday when you're down

Come to me I will give you anything

I'll turn your frown around

(Chorus)

What you've done for me is more than I could hope for

Oh you are my friend

And I'll be there for your through happiness and sad times

Oh our love will pull us through

(Verse 5)

This mountain we must climb over

This mountain we must climb

I will follow you over

We will survive

(Outro)

We will survive

We will survive

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-Eric C Jeschke -

-ejeschke@phoenix.princeton.edu-

-Go Hoos! -

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