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Bill Miller
Every Mountain I Climb
from the album Ghostdance (1999)
Bill Miller is a Mohican writer and performer, winner of the 2005 Grammy for Best Native 
American Music Album, and has won 6 Native American Music Awards including Lifetime 
Acheivement (2007). His recent works include a Christian/spiritual albnum and a full 
symphony. However he is best know for his distinctive style combining folk, rock, 
classical, and Native Americn elements, with some very unique musical and lyrical 
phrasing, and performing solo or with minimal backing. When I was broadcasting a Native 
American music radio show, due to his unique style I came up with the phrase "the Bob 
Dylan of Turtle Island" (that being a common Native term for North America). This is the 
song that prompted me to do so.
I saw CJudas Iscariot, with a bottle of wine
talkin Am7suicide with an old friend of mine.
They Fgathered a crowd down at the end of the tracks,
                                        C   C- E7  
and a woman cried out when is god comin' back?
They preFtended not to notice
they came down hard on the Cweak.
Causing Fwar and starvation, refusing
to let them Gspeak.
CFor every Fmountain i Gclimb,
Cfor every Friver that Gwinds,
Cfor every Fwind that will Gblow,
I will Fsend out my prayers for the Gchildren beClow.
[second verse starts on last beat of chorus]  I
... saw Ccrazy horse walkin' Am7alone in the dark
on streets Fpaved with the blood oF his broken heart.
   CHe never dreamed it would turn out like Gthis.
They preCtend that they just don't see.
They are Am7blinded in their own mediocrity.
They got their Ftrophies and their cars and their houses on the hill,
                                                         C   C- E7  
and they don't really care that their wars are a killin' me
FFor every child that follows the Cdream
ten thousand Fangels will Gfly.
FNo one will force them to run.
They will Cstand up and fight,
till the Fbattle is Gwon.
CFor every Fmountain i Gclimb,
Cfor every Friver that Gwinds,
Cfor every Fwind that will Gblow,
I will Fsend out my prayers for the Gchildren beClow.
CFor every Fmountain i Gclimb,
Cfor every Friver that Gwinds,
Cfor every Fwind that will Gblow,
I will Fsend out my prayers for the Gchildren beClow.
the FchilGdren beClow
the FchilGdren beClow
the FchilGdren beClow

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For Every Mountain I Climb

by Bill Miller

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Am7

Bill Miller

Every Mountain I Climb

from the album Ghostdance (1999)

Bill Miller is a Mohican writer and performer, winner of the 2005 Grammy for Best Native

American Music Album, and has won 6 Native American Music Awards including Lifetime

Acheivement (2007). His recent works include a Christian/spiritual albnum and a full

symphony. However he is best know for his distinctive style combining folk, rock,

classical, and Native Americn elements, with some very unique musical and lyrical

phrasing, and performing solo or with minimal backing. When I was broadcasting a Native

American music radio show, due to his unique style I came up with the phrase "the Bob

Dylan of Turtle Island" (that being a common Native term for North America). This is the

song that prompted me to do so.

I saw Judas Iscariot, with a bottle of wine

Am7

talkin suicide with an old friend of mine.

They gathered a crowd down at the end of the tracks,

C C E7

and a woman cried out when is god comin' back?

They pretended not to notice

they came down hard on the weak.

Causing war and starvation, refusing

to let them speak.

C F G

For every mountain i climb,

C F G

for every river that winds,

C F G

for every wind that will blow,

F G C

I will send out my prayers for the children below.

[second verse starts on last beat of chorus] I

C Am7

... saw crazy horse walkin' alone in the dark

on streets paved with the blood oF his broken heart.

C G

He never dreamed it would turn out like this.

They pretend that they just don't see.

Am7

They are blinded in their own mediocrity.

They got their trophies and their cars and their houses on the hill,

C C E7

and they don't really care that their wars are a killin' me

F C

For every child that follows the dream

F G

ten thousand angels will fly.

No one will force them to run.

They will stand up and fight,

F G

till the battle is won.

C F G

For every mountain i climb,

C F G

for every river that winds,

C F G

for every wind that will blow,

F G C

I will send out my prayers for the children below.

C F G

For every mountain i climb,

C F G

for every river that winds,

C F G

for every wind that will blow,

F G C

I will send out my prayers for the children below.

F G C

the children below

F G C

the children below

F G C

the children below

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