Mansion On The Hill Chords
by Ray Price
Mansion On The Hill by Ray Price is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords D/D, A, E7, D and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Performed by Ray Price
INTRO: D/D - A - E7 - A
VERSE ONE
(A) Tonight down (E7) here in the (A) valley
I'm so lonesome and (D) oh how I (A) feel
As I sit here (A7) alone in my (D) cabin
(D) I (D) can (A) see your (E7) mansion on the (A) hill
VERSE TWO
(A) Do you (E7) recall when we (A) parted
The stories to (D) me you (A) revealed
You said you could (A7) live without (D) love dear
(D) In (D) your (A) loveless (E7) mansion on the (A) hill
TURNAROUND: PLAY INTRO: D/D - A - E7 - A
INSTRUMENTAL OVER FULL VERSE
VERSE THREE
(A) I've waited (E7) all through the (A) years dear
To give you a (D) heart true and (A) real
Cause I know you are (A7) living in (D) sorrow
(D) In (D) your (A) loveless (E7) mansion on the hill
VERSE FOUR
(A) The light shines (E7) bright from your (A) window
The trees stand so (D) silent and (A) still
I know you're (A7) alone with your (D) pride dear
(D) In (D) your (A) loveless (E7) mansion on the (A) hill
TAGG
(D) In (D) your (A) loveless (E7) mansion on the (A) hill...(A)
NOTE: The D is two quick hits on the D chord.
NOTE: Some recordings of this song step up, one full step
between the first and second verse.This 1949 chord version
by Hank Williams is the original song format.