Mountain at my gates    (video)

 

    Dm - C - Bb (2x)

 

  Dm               C                     Bb

1.    I see a mountain at my gates,

Dm             C                              Bb

    I see it more and more each day.

Dm           C                     Bb

    What I give, it takes away,

Dm               C                        Bb

    whether I go or whether I stay.

 

   Dm              C                    Bb

2.    I see a mountain at my gates,

Dm             C                              Bb

    I see it more and more each day.

Dm            C                      Bb

    I see a fire down by the lake,

Dm                 C                      Bb

    I drive my car without the brakes.         +  Dm - C - Bb (2x)

 

   Dm               C                    Bb

3.     I see a mountain in my way,

Dm                  C                   Bb

    it’s looming larger by the day.

Dm            C                      Bb

    I see a darkness in my faith,

Dm                 C                      Bb

    I drive my car without the brakes.

 

    Bb                          Dm                          C                                       G

    Oh, give me some time, show me the foot hole from which I can climb.

      Bb                       Dm                           C                                         G

    Yeah, when I feel low, you show me a signpost for where I should go.

 

   Dm               C                    Bb

4.     I see a mountain at my gates,

Dm             C                              Bb

    I see it more and more each day.

Dm                 C                           Bb

    And my desire wears a dark dress,

Dm               C                  Bb

    but each day I see you less.       +  Dm - C - Bb (2x)     

 

    Bb                          Dm                          C                                       G

    Oh, give me some time, show me the foot hole from which I can climb.

      Bb                       Dm                           C                                         G

    Yeah, when I feel low, you show me a signpost for where I should go.

 

   Dm               C                       Bb                 C                 Dm

+      Through lanes and stone rows, black granite, wind blows,

           C                 Bb            C                       Dm

    fire lake and far flame, go now, but come again.

                C                  Bb               C                        Dm        - C - Bb

    Dark clouds gather round, will I run or stand my ground ?

 

     Bb                           Dm                              C                        G

    Oh, when I come to climb, show me the mountain so far behind,

        Bb                      Dm                                 C                     G

    where it’s further away, its shadow gets smaller day after day.

 

+  Bb - Dm - C - G (2x)

 

       Bb                      Dm                    C

+  Yeah, gimme my way, gimme my love,

                         G                                           Bb

    gimme my choice, you keep me coming around.

                      Dm                     C

    Gimme my fate, gimme my lungs,

                       G                                           Bb

    gimme my voice, you keep me coming around.

                      Dm                         C

    Gimme my lungs, gimme my, gimme my, gimme my, gimme my,

                        G                                                                     Bb

    gimme my, gimme my, gimme my, gimme my, gimme my way.

                       Dm                    C

    Gimme my fate, gimme my lungs,

                         G                                         Bb

    gimme my choice, you keep me coming round.

 

    (Foals)