The Mountain Chords
The Mountain by Trans-Siberian Orchestra is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E5.. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------12-13-------------12-13--15--17RU----17--<17>v/--15--17b--------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--5-DB slow--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3----------------------0DB---------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------<15>----------------|
G|-----------------------------| this--| x3
D|-----------15-14--------14------------|
A|-------14-----------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
start of hall of the mountain king
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------| this x2, second
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| palm muted
A|------------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4-1-2-3--|
E|---1-2-3-4-5----4-3-4----3-2-3----2-1-2----1-2-3-4-1-----------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| this x 2-|
D|-----5-6-7-8---7-8-7---7-6-7----6-5-6---5-6-7-8---7-8-7---7-6-7-----------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
all PM
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4-1-2-3-------------|
E|---1-2-3-4-5---4-3-4----3-2-3----2-1-2----1-2-3-4-1---------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12p11p--10p9p8--7p6p5--5p4p3------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------<3p2p1>--------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------|
B|-----3-4-5-6-6-5-4---6-7-8-7--9-10----17--|b bend hard and long and release slow or use floyd going up
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
PM-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------1-2-3-4-1-2-3-------------|
E|---1-2-3-4-5-4-3-4----3-2-3----2-1-2----1-2-3-4-1----------------------------|
e|-------8-7-6-6-6-x2 then--8-9-10---------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------- ------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| his x 3 or four
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
now time for the cool speed build ups and tapping
after you build up you decend the same way you came up.
e|-------------------------------------------------10-11-12-1314151617-10-11-12--|
B|----------------------------------------10-11-12-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------10-11-12----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------10-11-12--------------------------------------------------|
A|------------10-11-12-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10-11-12---------------------------------------------------------------------|
tap 13th fret and tap and hammer and pull very fast and do this for a while then slide from 22 all way down
at the end
e|-----------13-6-9--13-6-9-13-6-9-----|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
after you build up you acende the same way you came up
e|-------------------------------------------------10-11-12-1314151617-10-11-12--|
B|----------------------------------------10-11-12-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------10-11-12----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------10-11-12--------------------------------------------------|
A|------------10-11-12-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10-11-12---------------------------------------------------------------------|
tap 13th fret and tap and hammer and pull very fast and do this for a while
e|-----------13-6-9--13-6-9-13-6-9-----|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
now for slow down
e|-----17b or use whammy slighlty----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------12b--9-10-11--7-8-9--777--7~---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-****----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM 1st and every other E5. b string notes played kinda slow.
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------17-19-20-17--15-17-18-15--12-14-15-12-13---------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------12/--------------|
D|-----2--2-----2--2---------------------------------------------------12/--------------|
A|-----2--2-----2--2---------------------------------------------------12/--------------|
E|-----0--0-----0--0---------------------------------------------------12/--------------|
played slow----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------17--15--14---12--13---9---10---7---8--7-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------2---------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------2---------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------0---------------------------|
Disclaimer- I don't know the last cool part. I really just improveise that. maybe someone could do it?
but yeah this is about it. someone please make a tab for the cool end. Enjoy TSO fans