Uphill Mountain

F  1x3213 / 1x3013  (Fadd9 / Fsus2)

G/B    x20013       (Gadd4/B)
Am7    x02013
C/G    3x2013


[Intro]
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C  G/B  Am7  C/G  F  G

[Verse 1]
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 Big Joe Turner,  Emma James
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 Street survivor selling walking 
canes
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 Give your babies holy names for me
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 I don't know, but  I've been told
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You never grow up and you'll never 
get old
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You can watch the world being 
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bought and sold
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All on your T.V.

[Chorus]
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 Sometimes it gets a little rough
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Like the wheels made of steel going
 Am7    C/G
 uphill mountain
       F                     C
Better  stand tall if you're gonna 
stand at all
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    G                              
And if you're gonna fall, well, you
 F
 might as well fall

[Verse 2]
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 Build a house, honey,  make it home
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Gonna make a place, man, where I can
 be alone
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Don't the yard look pretty when 
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it's overgrown
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Standing six feet tall
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 This ain't a ride, but  it's a 
livin'
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 You got to take just what you are 
given
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'Cause luck only matters with the 
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cards and the women
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And sometimes not at all

[Chorus]
F             C
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G                         
Like the wheels made of steel going
 Am7    C/G
 uphill mountain
       F                     C
Better  stand tall if you're gonna 
stand at all
    G                              
And if you're gonna fall, well, you
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 might as well fall

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
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 Peeping Tom said to  Madame Rose
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"I've seen you twice already without
 your clothes
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What I suggest, honey, what I 
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propose
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Is that you see me without mine"
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Tell John Henry,  Cassius Clay
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Swinging iron for a living is one 
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hell of a way
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But whatever you do, don't let 
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your hammer stray
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I believe we'll be just fine

[Chorus]
F             C
 Sometimes it gets a little rough
         G                         
Like the wheels made of steel going
 Am7    C/G
 uphill mountain
       F                     C
Better  stand tall if you're gonna 
stand at all
    G                              
And if you're gonna crawl, well, 
  F
you might as well crawl
        F
Ah, you might as well crawl
         F
Yes, you might as well crawl
          F                    C
Well, you might as well crawl