Wolverton Mountain:Claude King.
#6 Rock charts, #3 Adult Contemp. & #1 Country in 1962.

INTRO:  D A   D A

#1.
A              D                A
They say don't go, on Wolverton Mountain,
                        D
if you're looking for a wife.
D                                        A
Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young daughter..
A                                   D
he's mighty handy, with a gun and a knife.

CHORUS:
D          A                                        D
Her tender lips, (her tender lips) are sweeter than honey..
              E                      A
and Wolverton Mountain, protects her there.
A                 D                   A
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers,
A                           D
if a stranger, should enter there.

#2.
D                                  A
All of my dreams, are on Wolverton Mountain.
A                           D
I want his daughter, for my wife.
D                                    A
I'll take my chances, and climb that mountain..
A                                         D
though Clilfton Clowers, he might take my life.

CHORUS:
D          A                                        D
Her tender lips, (her tender lips) are sweeter than honey..
              E                      A
and Wolverton Mountain, protects her there.
A                 D                   A
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers,
A                            D    Eb
if a stranger, should wander there.

#3.
Eb                         Bb
I'm going up, on Wolverton Mountain..
Bb                            Eb
it's too lonesome down here below.
Eb                               Bb
It's just not right, to hide his daughter,
Bb                          Eb
from the one, who loves her so.

CHORUS:
Eb         Bb                                       Eb
Her tender lips, (her tender lips) are sweeter than honey..
              F                      Bb
and Wolverton Mountain, protects her there.
Bb                Eb                  Bb
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers,
Bb                           Eb
if a stranger, should wander there.

OUTRO:
Eb          Bb
But I don't care about Clifton Clowers,
          Eb
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain.
          Bb
I'm gonna take the girl I love,
        Eb
I don't care about Clifton Clowers.
          Bb
I'm gonna climb up on that mountain,
         Eb
and I'll get the one I love.
        Bb
I don't care about Clifton Clowers,
          Eb
I'm gonna climb up on that mountain...(Fade.)


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