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.

CI (x32010@1)saw Judas Iscariot, with a bottle of wine

Am7talkin (x02010@1)suicide with an old friend of mine.

FThey (133211@1)gathered a crowd down at the end of the tracks,

C (x32010@1)                                C- (x32010@1)E7and (020130@1)a woman cried out when is god comin' back?

FThey (133211@1)pretended not to notice

Cthey (x32010@1)came down hard on the weak.

FCausing (133211@1)war and starvation, refusing

Gto (320003@1)let them speak.

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        GFor (320003@1)every mountain i climb,

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        Gfor (320003@1)every river that winds,

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)            Gfor (320003@1)every wind that will blow,

F (133211@1)                         G (320003@1)        CI (x32010@1)will send out my prayers for the children below.
[second verse starts on last beat of chorus]  I

C (x32010@1)                 Am7... (x02010@1)saw crazy horse walkin' alone in the dark

Fon (133211@1)streets paved with the blood oF his broken heart.

C (x32010@1)                                        G (320003@1)  He never dreamed it would turn out like this.

CThey (x32010@1)pretend that they just don't see.

Am7They (x02010@1)are blinded in their own mediocrity.

FThey (133211@1)got their trophies and their cars and their houses on the hill,

C (x32010@1)                                              C- (x32010@1)E7and (020130@1)they don't really care that their wars are a killin' me

F (133211@1)                              CFor (x32010@1)every child that follows the dream

F (133211@1)         Gten (320003@1)thousand angels will fly.

FNo (133211@1)one will force them to run.

CThey (x32010@1)will stand up and fight,

F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)till the battle is won.

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        GFor (320003@1)every mountain i climb,

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        Gfor (320003@1)every river that winds,

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)            Gfor (320003@1)every wind that will blow,

F (133211@1)                         G (320003@1)        CI (x32010@1)will send out my prayers for the children below.

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        GFor (320003@1)every mountain i climb,

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)        Gfor (320003@1)every river that winds,

C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)            Gfor (320003@1)every wind that will blow,

F (133211@1)                         G (320003@1)        CI (x32010@1)will send out my prayers for the children below.

F (133211@1) G (320003@1)    Cthe (x32010@1)children below

F (133211@1) G (320003@1)    Cthe (x32010@1)children below

F (133211@1) G (320003@1)    Cthe (x32010@1)children below