You gave me a mountain
C Am Dm G
1. Born in the heat
of the desert, my mother died giving me life.
C
Am Dm G
Despising this life from my father, blamed for
the loss of his wife.
C Am Dm G
You know, Lord, I've been in a prison, for
something that I never done.
C Em Dm G
It's been one hill after another, and I've
climbed them all one by one.
C F C F
C
But this time you gave me a mountain, a
mountain I may never climb.
F C F C
It isn't a hill any longer, you gave me a
mountain this time.
C Am Dm G
2. My woman got tired
of hardships, tired of the grief and the strife,
C Am - Dm G
tired of working for nothing, tired of being my wife.
C
Am Dm G
She took my one ray of sunshine, she took my
pride and my joy.
C Em Dm G
She took my reason for living, she took my
small baby boy.
C F
C
F C
And this time you gave me a mountain,
mountain I may never climb.
F C F C
It isn't a hill any longer, you gave me a
mountain this time.
(Marty Robbins)