Over The Mountain Chords
Over The Mountain by Mickey Newbury is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm, Em and Em7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Over The Mountain
D G D
Over the mountain I will build us a cabin
Bm
Over the mountain I will build us a home
Em Bm
We’ll sit by the fire won't the juniper smell good
Em Em7
Over the mountain
D G D
Take me my lady and give me some babies
Bm
Share all my burdens and sew on my clothes
Em Bm
Life is a fountain we’ll drink it bone dry
Em Em7
Over the mountain
G D
April will promise you blossoms my lady
G Bm
Creek waters risin' and the mares gonna foal
Em Bm
Gather the creatures and bring them on down
Em Em7
On down the mountain
I will plant us a garden here next to the forest
Dig us a well there with water so pure
Water so pure and as sweet as the sunshine
Over the mountain
I will build us a cabin here in the tall wood
Bottom land cedar and Snake River stone
We will sit by the fire won't the juniper smell good
Over the mountain