Tiger Mountain Peasant Song Chords
Tiger Mountain Peasant Song by First Aid Kit is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, D7, G, Em, Fmaj7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Capo on 5th.
Intro: Am D7 G Em (2x)
Verse 1:
Am D7 G Em
Wanderers this morning came by
Am D7 G Fmaj7 C
Where did they go, graceful in the morning light
Fmaj7 C
To banner fair
Fmaj7 G
To follow you softly in the cold mountain air
Vers 2:
Am D7 G Em
Through the forest and down to your grave
Am D7 G Fmaj7 C
Where the birds wait and the tall grasses wave
Fmaj7 C
They do not
Fmaj7 G
Know you anymore
Bridge: (while singing "More"):
G Am D7 G Em
More...
Am D7 G Fmaj7 C
More... More...
C Fmaj7 G C
Dear shadow alive and well
C Fmaj7 G
How can the body die
C D7 G
You tell me everything, anything true
Verse 3:
Am D7 G Em
In the town one morning I went
Am D7 G Fmaj7 C
Staggering through premonitions of my death
Fmaj7 C
I don't see
Fmaj7 G
anybody that dear to me
C Fmaj7 G C
Dear shadow alive and well
C Fmaj7 G
How can the body die
C D7 G
You tell me everything, anything true
Bridge:
G Am D7 G Em
Am D7 G Em
Am (once)
Jessie...
C (once)
I don't know what I have done
I'm turning myself into a demon
C (once)
I don't know what I have done
I'm turning myself into a demon
Outro (while singing "La dadada"):
Am D7 G Em
Am D7 G Em
Am D7 G Em