Morten Harket

Foot of the Mountain

Morten Harket


Tom: G

Intro.: Em7/9   C   D   Em7/9   C
G                    G7+
Keep your clever lines
Em7                  C
Hold your easy rhymes
G                 G7+
Silence everything 
Em7                C
Silence always wins
       F6          
It's a perfect alibi
           C/E 
There's no need to analyze 
        G
It will be all right 
            Am7
Through the longest night
     G                  D/F#
Just silence everything 

Em           A7          C           G        D/F#
But we could live by the foot of the mountain 
Em       A7         C           G    D/F#
We could clear us a yard in the back
Am7     Em   D      C           B4    B 
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
Em7/9    Em7/D          C          G 
We could stay there and never come back 

Em7/9   C   D   Em7/9   C

G                    G7+
Learn from my mistake
Em7                   C
Leave what others take 
G                   G7+
Speak when spoken to 
Em7                  C
And do what others do
F6                 
Silence always wins
   C/E 
So silence everything 
        G
It will be all right
       Am7 
In the morning light
     G                  D/F# 
Just silence everything 

Em           A7          C           G        D/F#
But we could live by the foot of the mountain
Em       A7         C           G    D/F#
We could clear us a yard in the back 
Am7     Em   D      C           B4    B
Build a home by the foot of the mountain
Em7/9    Em7/D          C          G    G7+
We could stay there and never come back 
Em7/9    Em7/D          C          Em   D  
We could stay there and never come back 
C                        G
We could live together(tonight)

Em7/9   C   D   Em7/9   C   G   D/F#

Em           A7          C           G       D/F#
But we could live by the foot of the mountain
Em       A7        C            G     D/F#        
We could make us a white picket fence
Am7     Em   D      C           B4      B 
Build a home by the foot of the mountain 
Em7/9    Em7/D          C          G    G7+
we could stay there and see how it ends
Em7/9    Em7/D          C          G 
We could stay there and see how it ends