Bob Dylan – Cross The Green Mountain (Guitar)
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Chords
[Chords] C x-3-2-0-1-3 G/B x-2-0-0-3-3 Am7 x-0-2-2-1-3 Dsus4 x-x-0-2-3-3 Dsus2 x-x-0-2-3-0 Em 0-2-2-0-0-0 Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-3 Bm x-2-4-4-3-2 (alternative to G/B, I recommend to use Bm in the verses)
[Intro]
C G/B Am7 G
Am7 G/B C Dsus4 D
[Verse 1]
Am7 G/B C D I cross the green mountain, I sit by the stream Am7 G/B C D Heaven blazing in my head, I dreamt a monstrous dream C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Something came up out of the sea Em C D Em Swept through the land of, the rich and the free
C G D
[Verse 2]
Am7 G/B C D I look into the eyes, of my merciful friend Am7 G/B C D And then i ask myself, is this the end? C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Memories linger, sad yet sweet and I Em C D Em think of the souls in heaven who will meet
C G D
[Chorus]
C G/B Am7 G Altars are burning, with flames far and wide C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D The foe has crossed over from the other side C G/B Am7 G They tip their caps, from the top of the hill Am7 G/B Cadd9 Dsus4 D You can feel them come, more brave blood to spill
[Verse 3]
Am7 G/B C D Along the dim, Atlantic line Am7 G/B C D the ravaged land, lies for miles behind C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D The light's coming forward and the streets are broad Em C D Em All must yield to the avenging God
C G C G
[Chorus]
C G/B Am7 G The world is old, the world is gray C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Lessons of life, can't be learned in a day C G/B Am7 G I watch and I wait, and I listen while I stand Am7 G/B Cadd9 Dsus4 D To the music that comes from a far-better land
[Verse 4]
Am7 G/B C D Close the eyes of our captain, peace may he know Am7 G/B C D His long night is done, the great leader is laid low C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D He was ready to fall, he was quick to defend Em C D Em Killed outright he was, by his own men
C G C G
[Verse 5]
Am7 G/B C D It's the last day's last hour, of the last happy year Am7 G/B C D I feel that the unknown world is so near C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Pride will vanish and glory will rot Em C D Em But virtue lives and cannot be forgot
C G D
[Verse 6]
Am7 G/B C D The bells of leavening have rung Am7 G/B C D There's blasphemy on every tongue C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Let 'em say that I walked in fair nature's light Em C D Em And that I was loyal to truth and to right
C G C G
[Chorus]
C G/B Am7 G Serve God and be cheerful, look upward, beyond C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Beyond the darkness of masks, the surprises of dawn C G/B Am7 G In the deep green grasses of the blood stained world Am7 G/B Cadd9 Dsus4 D They never dreamed of surrenderin', they fell where they stood
[Verse 7]
Am7 G/B C D Stars fell over Alabama, I saw each star Am7 G/B C D You're walkin' in dreams, whoever you are C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D Chilled are the skies, keen as the frost Em C D Em The ground's froze hard and the morning is lost
C G C G
[Verse 8]
Am7 G/B C D A letter to mother came today Am7 G/B C D Gunshot wound to the breast is what it did say C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D But he'll be better soon, he's in a hospital bed Em C D Em But he'll never be better - he's already dead
C G C G
[Verse 9]
Am7 G/B C D I'm ten miles outside the city, and I'm lifted away Am7 G/B C D In an ancient light, that is not of day C G/B Am7 Dsus4 D Dsus2 D They were calm, they were blunt, we knew 'em all too well Em C D Em We loved each other more than we ever dared to tell
C G Cadd9 G