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You Gave Me A Mountain

(Marty Robbins)


Copyright Norma Music Inc./Mojave Usic Inc.

Original by Marty Robbins on May 9, 1966


Live Recording for RCA - January 12 and 14, 1973 - H.I.C. Arena - Honolulu

 January 14, 12:30 am show

CPA5 4727
February 1973 LP RCA VPSX 6089 Aloha From Hawaii Via Satellite





Version 1          Version 2   


Born in the heat of the desert
My mother died giving me life
Deprived of the love of a father
Blamed for the loss of his wife
You know Lord I've been in a prison
For something that I never done
It's been one hill after another
I've climbed them all one by one


Yeh but this time Lord you gave me a mountain, Yeah
A mountain you know I may never climb
But it isn't just a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time


My woman got tired of the heartaches
Tired of the grief and the strife, oh Lord
So tired of working for nothing
Just tired of being my wife
She took my one ray of sunshine
She took my pride and my joy
She took my reason for living
She took my small baby boy


Yeah but this time Lord you gave me a mountain, Yeah
A mountain you know I may never climb
It isn't just a hill any longer
You gave me a mountain this time
Yeah Lord, You gave me a mountain
Don't you know you did
You gave me a mountain this time 



 C                        Am
Born in the heat of the desert,
    Dm7                   G7
My mother died givin' me life;
 C                      Am
Deprived of the love a Father,
Dm7                        G7
Blamed for the loss of his wife.
C                               Am
You know, Lord, I've been in a prison,
      F                        G7
For something that I've never done;
      C                    Em
It's been one hill after another,
     F                Dm7         G7
But I've climbed them all one by one.

CHORUS
 C                       F          C
But this time, Lord, You gave me a Mountain,
           F             C     G     D   
A Mountain I may never climb;
C                F         C
And it isn't a hill any longer,
                F            C    G     D    
You gave me a Mountain this time.

C
My Woman got tired of the hardships,
Tired of the grief and the strife;
So tired of workin' for nothin',
Tired of bein' my wife,
She took my one ray of sun-shine,
She took my pride and my joy;
She took my reason for living,
She took my small baby boy.

CHORUS

So this time, Lord, you gave me a Mountain,
A Mountain I may never climb;
And it isn't a hill any longer,
You gave me a Mountain this time.