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Heartbreak Mountain

Buck Owens

Key of G · Chords: I IV V

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Verse 1

G
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill
C                          G
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7                           G
Because I've lost my will to live

Verse 2

It was six o'clock yesterday morning
D7
When my sweet baby packed up to leave
C                            G
It was six o'clock yesterday morning
D7                           G
And I ain't done nothing but grieve

Verse 1

G
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill
C                          G
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7                           G
Because I've lost my will to live

Verse 3

Well I cried and I begged and I pleaded
D7
For my sweet baby not to go
C                                G
Like the leaf that's caught in a whirlwind
D7                              G
Where she's gone now I'll never know

Verse 1

G
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill
C                          G
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7                           G
Because I've lost my will to live

Verse 4

Now why does a man let a woman
D7
Turn him into a hollow shelf
C                                G
And walk up and leave him behind her
D7                         G
Like a ship at sea with no sail

Verse 1

G
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill
C                          G
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain
D7                           G
Because I've lost my will to live