CARRY ME ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN (Pennell - White - Smith)
performed by Dan Tyminski on CARRY ME ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN (2000)
|G |C |G |F |G |G C |G D |G |G |
G C G F
Every day is a gamble, if you really want to make it through
G C G D G
When you live on the side of the mountain, and the babies all need food
G C G F
I was the youngest one among us, I got sick and would not eat
G C G D G
Daddy prayed accept his fate, but Mommy would not heed
C G G F
Carry me across the mountain, before it is too late
C G D G
Heal my broken my body, death not be my fate
C G G F
Carry me across the mountain, don't give up on me
C G D G
I am but a helpless child, whose life depends on thee
|G C |G |F |G |G C |G D |G |G |
G C G F
Daddy warned against it, said you may not make it through
G C G D G
Momma wrapped me in her arms, crying what else can I do
G C G F
There is a place across the mountain top, across the mountain side
G C G D G
They say there is a doctor there, might save our baby's life
C G G F
Carry me across the mountain, before it is too late
C G D G
Heal my broken my body, death not be my fate
C G G F
Carry me across the mountain, don't give up on me
C G D G
I am but a helpless child, whose life depends on thee
|G C |G |F |G |G C |G D |G |G |
(tacit) G C G F
Now I stand upon the mountain top, before my mother's grave
G C G D G
And every year I visit here, to thank her for that day
C G G F
Carry me across the mountain, before it is too late
C G D G
Heal my broken my body, death not be my fate
C G G F
Carry me across the mountain, don't give up on me
|C |G |D |G |
TAB: The G run (Flatt lick) is used frequently in the song.
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