CAPO: 5th Fret 



Intro: C  G  F  C (4x)   


[Refrão]

I went up to the mountain 
      F               C       F 
And I came back a wise woman 
            C      F              G       C 
Went to the river, came back wiser still 
                       F                 C              F 
Only to see, you're as dear to me as the air I breathe 
          C               F       G      C 
Won't you meet me at that mansion on the hill 

  
                          G         F 
Stuffed your mattress and wove your sheets 
                               C 
Patched your blanket, piece by piece 
       F                     C             F          G 
If the lord had granted me a choice, I'd a held up my hand 
   C                        G        F 
We ground the corn, moulded lard and lye 
                     C                 F 
Had ten children and watched four die 
             C                          G        C 
I'll stand beside you when you meet the promised land 

  
 


[Refrão]
Because I went up to the mountain 
      F               C       F 
And I came back a wise woman 
            C      F              G       C 
Went to the river, came back wiser still 
                       F                 C              F 
Only to see, you're as dear to me as the air I breathe 
          C               F       G      C 
Won't you meet me at that mansion on the hill 


Instrumental: F  C  F  C  F  G  C    F  C  F  C  F  G  C 

  
                          G        F 
Danced to the fiddle on a Saturday night 
                         C              F 
And chopped the cotton before daylight 
                 C         F            G 
The sun don't go down on a poor man's woes 
       C                  G        F 
But my love, if you don't meet the dawn 
                    C         F 
I promise you, I'll carry on 
                   C                      G        C 
Singing, 'Precious Memories', as I plant along the rows 

  



[Refrão]
Because I went up to the mountain 
      F               C       F 
And I came back a wise woman 
            C      F              G       C 
Went to the river, came back wiser still 
                       F                 C              F 
Only to see, you're as dear to me as the air I breathe 
          C               F       G      C 
Won't you meet me at that mansion on the hill 
                         F               C 
Won't you meet me at the mansion on the hill 
                         F               C 
Won't you meet me at the mansion on the hill 


OUTRO: C  G  F  C  F  C  F G C