Misc Your Songs - Frank sorgea - histam yanhi

^CThere’s a mountain rising^F up from the ^Cvalley In the land where the^F many rivers ^Gflow You can’t ^Csee it very fa^Fr – But it ^Cis my pointing^F star ^C Calling me back ^Gto my mountain^C home^{F C}

^CNow I’ve traveled far^F away from this^C valley Many are the^F places I have ^Croamed I have ^Cseen the Northern^F Lights – spent some^C cold and lonely^F nights ^CLonging for the^F friends I left back^G home ^CBut always on my homeward^F track - A load is ^Glifted off my^F back ^CJust as soon as I^G see that rocky^C dom^Fe.^C

^CThere’s a mountain rising^F up from the ^Cvalley In the land where the^F many rivers ^Gflow You can’t ^Csee it very fa^Fr – But it ^Cis my pointing^F star ^C Calling me back ^Gto my mountain^C home^{F C}

^CWell the Maidu People^F called it Histum^C Yanhi The land where the ^Fspirit world resid^Ces The land^C was shared by^F all – through^C the winter and the^F fall ^C(C) When the rivers rose t^Fo flood the valley^G floor ^CThe Mountain did provide^F and the^C Peoples they did thriv^Fe ^COn that Middle^G Mountain I now call my^C hom^Fe ^C

^CSo if you’re ever traveling^F through the Norther^Cn valley Where the Yuba and the^F Feather Rivers^G run Look to the^C East and you will^F see the vast Sierra^Cs And if you look West^F toward the setting^G sun You’ll^C (C) behold that mountain^F known as Histim^C Yahni Now you and Histim Yahn^Gi will be^C one^{F C}

^CThere’s a mountain rising^F up from the ^Cvalley In the land where the^F many rivers ^Gflow You can’t ^Csee it very fa^Fr – But it ^Cis my pointing^F star ^C Calling me back ^Gto my mountain^C home^{F C}