{"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":2114041,"song":"High Open Hills","artist":"Liz Stringer","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459066-high-open-hills-chords-by-liz-stringer/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2114041?type=chord","rating":4.67287,"votes":12,"content":"Capo: 4\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch](hammer on) [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  x3\r\n[ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch]  x1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI met him high on a hill when I was sixteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd my breath it was taken by the cold August wind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI left school that next summer and to Melbourne we fled[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs the sky over Mansfield turned orange and red[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  x1\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI asked him where he came from, he said he wasn’t quite sure[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said he’d moved ‘round so often, he didn’t keep track no more[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he said I was the reason that he could stand still[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd he kissed me that first time on the high open hill[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee everything changes ‘cept for the sound of the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat comes down every time I see him again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish for a moment that we could once more stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn those high open hills of our youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe and my traveling man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch]  x1\r\n\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe went off to Western Australia where the pearl fishing’s good[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said he’d been once to Broome and there he felt understood[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe said I’m gonna return with a fortune untold[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo just sit tight my darling for our future to unfold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe came back to me to Melbourne for a week or so[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were lover to lover, I didn’t want him to go[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut with a fire in his belly and a baby in mine[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI prayed when he’d come home it would be the last time[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee everything changes ‘cept for the sound of the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat comes down every time I see him again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish for a moment that we could once more stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn those high open hills of our youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe and my traveling man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch](hammer on) [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  x1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI got a letter from Darwin later that month[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said, “I’ve found myself a lover, in fact I’ve found quite a bunch[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe last thing I want to do is to hurt you or our boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut you know all I touch I go on to destroy”[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  x1\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe sent us some money, but soon that dried up too[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust like the hope in my baby’s eyes blue[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe’d sit at the window and wait every night[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I prayed that that bastard would do what is right[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSee everything changes ‘cept for the sound of the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThat comes down every time I see him again[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I wish for a moment that we could once more stand[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn those high open hills of our youth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn those high open hills of our youth[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]Gm[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOn those high open hills of our youth[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMe and my traveling man[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch](hammer on) [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  x3\r\nOoooo......[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch] (hammer E)  [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch](hammer on) [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]  x1\r\nOoooo......[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo: 4\nTuning: Standard\n\n[Intro]\nC (hammer E)  F G Am(hammer on) F G  x3\nC (hammer E)  F C (hammer E)  F  x1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC   G  x1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC (hammer E)  F C (hammer E)  F  x1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC (hammer E)  F G Am(hammer on) F G  x1\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC   G  x1\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","E","F","G","Am","Gm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}