I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain Acústico Ao vivo Cifras

Artist: Tim Buckley
Song: "I Never Asked To Be Your Mountain"
Performance: Live at the Folklore Center, New York City
Date: March 6th 1967
Time: 4/4
 
 
Chord Voicings:
 
E      - 022100
E9sus4 - 0 12 12 11 0 0
Aadd9  - X77650
G6     - X55430
 
 
***Please Note: The E9sus4 chord is the exact same shape as a regular open E chord, but it is played up at
the 12th fret with the bottom E and two B and e strings open and ringing out. An easy way to play this chord
in sequence with the open E is to just slide up to the 12th while still in the open E chord fingering. If you
experience any trouble with the shape, feel free to play to shape that UG suggests in the tab below.***
 
***Also Remember: Follow the chord voicings which I have provided above carefully for the
most accurate sound.***
 
 
[Intro]
 
||: E  E9sus4 :|||| Aadd9  G6 :||
 
[Verse 1]
E
I never asked to be your mountain
 E9sus4
I never asked to fly
 E
Even when you came to me
    E9sus4
And told me of his lies
     E
You didn't understand my love
    E9sus4
You don't know why I try
     E
And rain was falling on that day
   E9sus4
And damn the reason why
 
[Interlude]
 
||: E  E9sus4 :||
 
[Verse 2]
     E
The Flying Pisces sails for time
    E9sus4
And tells me of my child
  E
Wrapped in bitter tales and heartache
   E9sus4
He begs for just a smile
      E
O he never asked to be her mountain
   E9sus4
He never asked to fly
      E
And through his eye he comes his love
    E9sus4
And tells her not to cry
 
[Interlude]
 
||: E  E9sus4 :||
 
[Verse 3]
     E
She says, "Your scoundrel father flies
       E9sus4
With a dancer called a queen
     E
And with her stolen cards he plays
    E9sus4
And laughs, but never wins
        E
O the child dreams to be his hands
        E9sus4
In the counting of his pain
     E
But only barren breasts he feels
       E9sus4
For her milk will never drain
 
 
[Interlude]
 
||: E  E9sus4 ||
 
[Bridge]
Aadd9        G6
  As I die I can't remember
Aadd9     G6
  Where I saw the rain
        Aadd9
Could it be that her laughter
          G6
Drove me down again?
         Aadd9
Charming dancer will you stop,
          G6
Stop and talk to me?
     Aadd9
Is it me that you feel
         G6
In your dreams? you will, you see:
Aadd9
  In midnight gazes
      G6
I've found you far from me
Aadd9
  If you lead me on
        G6
Please leave me down
 
  Aadd9
O Flying Flying Fish
        G6
Please flutter by my door
Aadd9
Yes you can drink my lies
    G6
If first you read my eyes:
Aadd9
  Each one is titled
     G6
"I'm drowning back to you";
Aadd9
I can't swim your waters
    G6
And you can't walk my lands:
    Aadd9
I'm sailing all my sins
          G6
And I'm climbing all my fears
Aadd9                E  E9sus4 E E9sus4
  And soon now I'll fly
 
[Verse 1 - reprised]
E
I never asked to be your mountain
 E9sus4
I never asked to fly
 E
Even when you came to me
    E9sus4
And told me of his lies
     E
You didn't understand my love
    E9sus4
You don't know why I try
     E
And rain was falling on that day
   E9sus4
And that's the reason why
 
[Outro]
 
||: E  E9sus4 E ||
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