• Song:

    I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain

  • Artist:

    Tim Buckley

  • Album:

    Tim Buckley / Goodbye a...

TIM BUCKLEY
From Goodbye And Hello, 1967

The recording is capoed at the first fret:
actual is: Eb5 C#5 Ab5 F#5

Listen to the song for the rhythm , because the chord changes
aren't precise. It's fairly simple, you'll be able figure most
of it out.

D5
O I never asked to be your mountain
  C5
I never asked to fly
  D5
Remember when you came to me
    C5
And told me of his lies
    D5
You didn't understand my love
    C5
You don't know why I try
        D5
And the rain was falling on that day
    C5
And damn the reason why

    D5
The Flying Pisces sails for time
    C5
And tells me of my child
D5
Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
   C5
He begs for just a smile
     D5
O he never asked to be her mountain
   C5
He never asked to fly
    D5
And through his eye he comes his love
    C5
And tells her not to cry

    D5
She says, "Your scoundrel father flies
       C5
With a dancer called a queen
    D5
And with her stolen cards he plays
    C5
And laughs, but never wins
      D5
O the child dreams to be his hands
       C5
In the counting of the rain
    D5
But only barren breasts he feels
        C5
For her milk will never drain

G5          F5
As I die I can't remember
G5       F5
Where I saw the rain
         G5
Could it be that her laughter
         F5
Drove me down again?
         G5
Charming dancer will you stop,
         F5
Stop and talk to me?
         G5
Is there someone else you feel
        F5
In your dreams? you will, you see:
G5
In midnight gazes
     F5
I've found you far from me
       G5
If you lead me on
       F5
Please leave me down

  G5
O Flying Flying Fish
       F5
Please flutter by my door
    G5
Yes you can drink my lies
   F5
If first you read my eyes:
G5
Each one is titled
     F5
"I'm drowning back to you";
G5
I can't swim your waters
    F5
And you can't walk my lands:
    G5
I'm sailing all my sins
        F5
And I'm climbing all my fears
                  D5   C5  D5  C5
And soon now I'll fly

  D5
O I never asked to be your mountain
  C5
I never asked to fly
  D5
Remember when you came to me
    C5
And told me of his lies
    D5
You didn't understand my love
    C5
You don't know why I try
        D5
And the rain was falling on that day
    C5
And that's the reason why

      D5
Sweet lover, will you come back
    C5
And love me for a while?
D5
Please take my hand
      C5
Leave all your fears behind
          D5
I've been gone too long
        C5
Now I'm home to stay
D5
Please don't leave me
 C5
Again this way
D5               C5
Don't leave me again this way...
D5       C5         D5
Sweet lover....O please...
C5           D5          C5                      D5
O please....O please...please.... please come home...
            C5
Please come home...

etc., etc...
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