Morning side of the mountain    (video)

 

                        (B7)                     (E)

    There was a girl, there was a boy …

 

    A - B7 - F#m - B7      - E - A      - E - A - E

 

                        F#m - B7                       E

1. There was a girl,          there was a boy,

                      F#m                           B7                      E

    if they had met they might have found a world of joy,

           A                        F#                           E          - Am

    but he lived on the morning side of the mountain,

             E                      F#m     B7              E

    and she lived on the twilight side of the hill.

 

                        Am - D                     G  

2. They never met,       they never kissed,

                          Am                       D                       G

    and they will never know what happiness they missed,

                C                        A                             G           - Cm

    ’cause he lived on the morning side of the mountain,

             G                       Am      D               G

    and she lived on the twilight side of the hill.

 

                        Am  - G                     C

+  For love’s a rose       that never grows

                       Dm              G          C

    without the kiss of the morning dew.

                       A    - A7                      D

    And every Jack        must have a Jill

                         Em           A7                        D     - D7

    to know the thrill of a dream that comes true.

 

                       Am - D                      G

3. And you and I        are just like they,

                      Am                   D                  G

    for all we know our love is just a kiss away.

             C                      A                             G          - Cm

    But you are on the morning side of the mountain.

              G                     Am      D               G   - D#

    And you are on the twilight side of the hill.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                       Cm - F                      Bb

4. And you and I         are just like they,

                      Cm                   F                  Bb

    for all we know our love is just a kiss away.

            D#                     C                             Bb          - D#m

    But you are on the morning side of the mountain,

            Bb                     Cm      F              Bb

    And you are on the twilight side of the hill.

 

                          F                        Bb

+  There was a girl, there was a boy.

 

(orig. = capo 3rd)      (Marie & Donny Osmond)