{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1739304,"song":"Keeper Of The Mountain","artist":"The Flatlanders","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11373146-keeper-of-the-mountain-chords-by-the-flatlanders/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1739304?type=chord","rating":4.63377,"votes":5,"content":"(Track B9 from the album \"One road more\" by the Flatlanders, released in 1980)\r\n\r\n\r\nIntro\r\n(The intro is 2 bars: the B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)\r\n(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]  [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 1\r\n[tab]            [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nI remember you
     a-telling me
[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]B[/ch]         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nDon't clutch a rose
,     don't mourn the sunset
.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I suppose if I hear
 the river moaning
[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt's just the way I'm feeling,
[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe river's not complaining oh no, oh no no no
[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 2\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the very next day[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nwe woke before the dawn
.[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G#m[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWe found our way
[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]B[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nBy the rambling river
.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we had no dream
[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe just lived one
[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI the keeper of the mountain
[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]    (A)  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nyou the morning flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh
[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere was no reason to go
[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I never claimed to know
[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd these (and these)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthese ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat ain't the river (ain't the river)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust a moaning (just a moaning)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]    (A)  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.
[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nVerse 3\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen I spoke big words,
[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nyou just let them fly away,
[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G#m[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]\r\nblue paper birds
      on a summer's day
.[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I took you by the hand,
[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E[/ch]\r\nKnew that you would understand,
[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI the keeper of the mountain,
[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou the mornin' flower, uh-huh, uh-huh uh-huh.
[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n[tab]             [ch]F#m[/ch]       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThere was no reason to go
[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd I never claimed to know
[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd these (and these)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthese ain't teardrops (these ain't teardrops)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat ain't the river (ain't the river)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E[/ch]\r\nJust a moaning (it's a moaning)
[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]     (A) [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThe river's not complaining oh no, oh no oh no.
[/tab]","plain_text":"(Track B9 from the album \"One road more\" by the Flatlanders, released in 1980)\n\n\nIntro\n(The intro is 2 bars: the B7 chord is played for only one beat at the end of bar 1.)\n(Bar 2 is a 1 strum cut. Variations of this pattern are repeated throughout the song.)\n\nE       B7  E\n\n\nVerse 1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVerse 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus","chords":["B9","B7","E","A","C#m","G#m","B","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}