I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain Uke tab by Tim Buckley

4 Chords used in the song: D, C, G, F

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Artist: 
Year:  1967
Difficulty: 
2.75
(Beginner)
Key: C, G, Am, EmChords
D chordD
O I never asked to be your mountain
C chordC
I never asked to fly
D chordD
Remember when you came to me
C chordC
And told me of his lies
D chordD
You didn't understand my love
C chordC
You don't know why I try
D chordD
And the rain was falling on that day
C chordC
And damn the reason why

D chordD
The Flying Pisces sails for time
C chordC
And tells me of my child
D chordD
Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
C chordC
He begs for just a smile
D chordD
O he never asked to be her mountain
C chordC
He never asked to fly
D chordD
And through his eye he comes his love
C chordC
And tells her not to cry

D chordD
She says, "Your scoundrel father flies
C chordC
With a dancer called a queen
D chordD
And with her stolen cards he plays
C chordC
And laughs, but never wins
D chordD
O the child dreams to be his hands
C chordC
In the counting of the rain
D chordD
But only barren breasts he feels
C chordC
For her milk will never drain

G chordG F chordF
As I die I can't remember
G chordG F chordF
Where I saw the rain
G chordG
Could it be that her laughter
F chordF
Drove me down again?
G chordG
Charming dancer will you stop,
F chordF
Stop and talk to me?
G chordG
Is there someone else you feel
F chordF
In your dreams? you will, you see:
G chordG
In midnight gazes
F chordF
I've found you far from me
G chordG
If you lead me on
F chordF
Please leave me down

G chordG
O Flying Flying Fish
F chordF
Please flutter by my door
G chordG
Yes you can drink my lies
F chordF
If first you read my eyes:
G chordG
Each one is titled
F chordF
"I'm drowning back to you";
G chordG
I can't swim your waters
F chordF
And you can't walk my lands:
G chordG
I'm sailing all my sins
F chordF
And I'm climbing all my fears
D chordD C chordC D chordD C chordC
And soon now I'll fly

D chordD
O I never asked to be your mountain
C chordC
I never asked to fly
D chordD
Remember when you came to me
C chordC
And told me of his lies
D chordD
You didn't understand my love
C chordC
You don't know why I try
D chordD
And the rain was falling on that day
C chordC
And that's the reason why

D chordD
Sweet lover, will you come back
C chordC
And love me for a while?
D chordD
Please take my hand
C chordC
Leave all your fears behind
D chordD
I've been gone too long
C chordC
Now I'm home to stay
D chordD
Please don't leave me
C chordC
Again this way
D chordD C chordC
Don't leave me again this way...
D chordD C chordC D chordD
Sweet lover....O please...
C chordC D chordD C chordC D chordD
O please....O please...please.... please come home...
C chordC
Please come home...

Uke tab by , 07 May 2014

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About this song: I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

"I Never Asked to Be Your Mountain" represented a confessional lyric to Buckley's estranged wife Mary Guibert and child Jeff Buckley.

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