Foot of the mountain    (video)

 

    G - Em - C - D (2x

 

       G                                Em                                  - C

1. Keep your clever lines, hold your easy rhymes,

     G                           Em                              - C

    silence everything, silence always wins.

             Dm                                   C

    It´s a perfect alibi, there´s no need to analyse.

              G                                Em                        G       

    it will be alright through the longest night, just silence everything.

 

D - Em                        A               C                G

            But we could live by the foot of the mountain,

Em                A              C               G

    we could clear us a yard in the back,

C             Em                 C                B7

    build a home by the foot of the mountain,

Em                   G                     C                G

       we could stay there and never come back.

 

+ G - Em - C - D (2x

 

       G                                 Em                                   - C

2. Learn from my mistake, leave what others take,

       G                                Em                           - C

    speak when spoken to, do what others do.

     Dm                                  C

    Silence always wins, so silence everything,

             G                        Em                        G       

    it will be alright in the morning light, just silence everything.

 

D - Em                        A               C                G

            But we could live by the foot of the mountain,

Em                A              C               G

    we could clear us a yard in the back,

C             Em                 C                B7

    build a home by the foot of the mountain,

Em                   G                     C                G

       we could stay there and never come back,

Em                   G                     C               Em      - D - Am - D - G

       we could stay there and never come back.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

+  G - Em - C - D (2x)

  

Em                     A                C                G

    But we could live by the foot of the mountain,

Em                 A                C              G

    we could make us a white picket fence.

C             Em                 C                B7

    Build a home by the foot of the mountain,

Em                G                     C              G

    we could stay there and see how it ends,

Em                G                    - C                    G

    we could stay there and         see how it ends.

 

    (A-ha)