A                    Amaj7
I came here from the city
    A7             D
A thousand miles away
   Dm              A/E
I came just for a little while
            Bm7             E
You know I never meant to stay
   A                 Amaj7
I meant to take my pleasure
        A7               D
Have a good time and be gone
       Dm                  A/E
But I fell in love with a lady
       Bm7    E        A
Now I sing a mountain song
   A               Amaj7
I listened to the music
        A7                D
Of the night wind in the pines
      Dm                A/E
I've seen  the quiet splendor
      Bm7           E
Of a field of columbine
    A               Amaj7
I skied on crystal pathways
      A7               D
To a mountain peak so tall
       Dm                A/E
And I walked the mighty summits
         Bm7             E
With the one who made it all
           D                   E
    And I fell in love with a lady
                 C#m7(4th fr)    F#m
    'Cause I've seen her at her best
              Bm7                 E
    And I've walked her wild and rugged paths
                A           A7
    Through her open wilderness
               D            E
    And now I never can betray her
               C#m7(4th fr)  F#m
    Steal her riches and be gone
                     Bm7                 E
    'Cause when you fall in love with a lady
               Bm7    E        A
    You gotta sing a mountain song
     A               Amaj7
Now people come from everywhere
    A7                D
To see what they can find
     Dm                A/E
And some take lots of pictures
     Bm7                  E
And some just take their time
             A                 Amaj7
But they're some who take her beauty
      A7                 D
That can't be bought or sold
           Dm           A/E
And they think of only money
           Bm7             E
While destroying wealth untold
             D                   E
    But you fall in love with a lady
                  C#m7(4th fr)   F#m
    When you've slept upon her breast
                     Bm7                 E
    And when you've walked her wild and rugged paths
           A           A7
    To her open wilderness
             D            E
    And you never can betray her
               C#m7(4th fr)  F#m
    Steal her riches and be gone
                     Bm7                 E
    'Cause when you fall in love with a lady
               Bm7    E        A
    You gotta sing a mountain song


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