Jackie Greene - Uphill mountain
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Capo: 5
Tuning: E A D G B E
[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 Big Joe Turner,F Emma James
C Street survivor selling Fwalking canes
C Give your G/Bbabies Am7holy C/Gnames for Fme
C I don't know, but F I've been told
You Cnever grow up and you'll Fnever get old
You can Cwatch the G/Bworld being Am7bought and C/Gsold
FAll on your T.GV. C/G
[Chorus]
F Sometimes it Cgets a little rough
Like the Gwheels made of steel going Am7uphill C/Gmountain
Better F stand tall if you're Cgonna stand at all
And Gif you're gonna fall, well, you Fmight as well fall
[Verse 2]
C Build a house, honey,F make it home
CGonna make a place, man, where FI can be alone
Don't the Cyard look G/Bpretty when it's Am7overC/Ggrown
FStanding six feet Gtall
C This ain't a ride, but F it's a livin'
C You got to take just Fwhat you are given
'Cause Cluck only G/Bmatters with the Am7cards and the C/Gwomen
And Fsometimes not at Gall C/G
[Chorus]
F Sometimes it Cgets a little rough
Like the Gwheels made of steel going Am7uphill C/Gmountain
Better F stand tall if you're Cgonna stand at all
And Gif you're gonna fall, well, you Fmight as well fall
[Instrumental]
F G F Bb F G F G C
[Verse 3]
C Peeping Tom said to F Madame Rose
"I've Cseen you twice already withFout your clothes
What CI sugG/Bgest, honey, what Am7I proC/Gpose
Is that Fyou see me without Gmine"
CTell John Henry, F Cassius Clay
Swinging Ciron for a living is one Fhell of a way
But whatCever you G/Bdo, don't let your Am7hammer C/Gstray
I Fbelieve we'll be just Gfine C/G
[Chorus]
F Sometimes it Cgets a little rough
Like the Gwheels made of steel going Am7uphill C/Gmountain
Better F stand tall if you're Cgonna stand at all
And Gif you're gonna crawl, well, you Fmight as well crawl
Ah, you Fmight as well crawl
Yes, you Fmight as well crawl
Well, you Fmight as well crawl C