Cross The Green Mountain

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[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

Cross The Green Mountain chords and lyrics

Free chords for Cross The Green Mountain by Bob Dylan. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

[Intro]
C         G/B       Am7       G
Am7       G/B       C         Dsus4   D
[Verse 1]
C       G       D
[Verse 2]
C       G       D
[Chorus]
[Verse 3]
C       G C G       
[Chorus]
[Verse 4]
C       G C G
[Verse 5]
C       G       D
[Verse 6]
C       G C G
[Chorus]
[Verse 7]
C       G C G
[Verse 8]
C       G C G
[Verse 9]
C       G Cadd9 G

Cross The Green Mountain Chords by Bob Dylan

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