Buck Owens And The Buckaroos

Heartbreak Mountain

Buck Owens And The Buckaroos


Tom: G

G  D7  C  G  D7  G

[Chorus 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 1]

G
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     N.C.
And I ain't done nothing but grieve

[Chorus 2]

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

[Instrumental 1]

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[Verse 2]

G
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   N.C.
Where she's gone now I'll never know

[Chorus 3]

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

[Instrumental 2]

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[Verse 3]

G
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   N.C.
Like a ship at sea with no sail

[Chorus 4]

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