Mountains Chords

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Mountains by Sparklehorse is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, G, D, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Hey there; been a while. Here's a terrific Sparklehorse tune for you, that I can't  
believe hasn't been tabbed yet. The song itself is recorded on a slightly overdriven /  
compressed acoustic guitar, but you can strum this out cleanly and it still sounds wonderful: 

Intro: E G D Am 

Every other A-Minor chord, Mark does a little riff like this: 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------0h1--0---------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----2--------2-0-----------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--0-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Verse: 

E            G 
Once I was a big old bear 

D                 Am 
Reigning blows on sparkly snares 

E              G 
In the woods after the snow 

D                         Am 
The white noise witch her hammers cold 

E                G 
Rest beneath the pine and rose 

G                D 
In our suits and Sunday clothes 


C     G     C         D 
Cheer up my brother 

C          G    C       D 
It's gonna be al-right 


All the instruments cut out, save for this guitar riff: 
e|-----------3----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------0--------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----4---3------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 


Am            G                  C           D 
  I know your hearts are heavy as mountains 


e|-----------3----------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-------0--------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----4---3------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Am            G               D 
  We're gonna go back home one day 



Verse - Chorus - Verse - Fuzz/Tinkle out... 



There are a few flourishes on the guitar, some lazy hammer-ons here and 
there. They aren't hard to pick up. Make it your own, it's a beautiful song. 

Thanks for reading! 

| /  slide up 
| \  slide down 
| h  hammer-on 
| p  pull-off 
| ~  vibrato 
| +  harmonic 
| x  Mute note 
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Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante