Matterhorn

Charlie Waller and The Country Gentlemen

Written by Mel Tillis and Fred B. Burch

Key of C · Chords: I IV vi

Verse 1

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We started out from Bern one sunny August morn
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There was just the four of us against the Matterhorn
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There was Albert the Australian and John the Irishman
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Me and Bill from Britain mad dogs in the sun

Verse 2

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Matterhorn Matterhorn
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Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
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That mighty Matterhorn

Verse 3

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Two miles up we lost John and our rations fell below
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Now Al and Bill are lying beneath an avalanche of snow
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Now here I am alone and I know I cannot stop
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Two more yards in front of me before I reach the top

Verse 4

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Matterhorn Matterhorn
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Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
     F            C
That mighty Matterhorn

Verse 5

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Now here I am a dying upon the Matterhorn
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Not a thing for me to lie in or a thing to keep me warm
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The Queen would surely knight me if I could get back down
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But it's closer here to heaven than it is back to the ground

Verse 6

      Am
Matterhorn Matterhorn
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Men have tried and men have died to climb the Matterhorn
     F            C
That mighty Matterhorn

Verse 7

     F            C
That mighty Matterhorn