Steven Hull's Ozark Mountain Daredevils Site presents:

Mountain Range
(John Dillon)
Men From Earth, 1976

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Chords, Guitar Tablature & Lyrics
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I think that there is 1 acoustic and 1 electric guitar in this one. I'm going to show you the chords and the fingerpickin' part - you can take it from there. I'm not sure that I have tabbed the fingerpickin' part 100% correctly - I've gotten into the habit of playing it 'my way' - but it's pretty close. Be sure to visit my tab page in order to understand how I write tablature on the web.

Click here if you want only the lyrics.

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THE CHORDS:

Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D Am7 D
(GUITARS & BASS INTRO)

Am7 D
walking down the road

Am7 D
rocks fly at my feet

Am7 D
I let myself explode

Am7 D
and wake you from your sleep

Am7 D
and the flowers are blooming

Am7 D
in the mountain range

Am7 D
lay down what you're doing

Am7 D C C D
the season is in change


Am7 D  
and my mind is made up

Am7 D
to learn all the dances

Am7 D
before my body's laid up

Am7 D
and the night advances

Am7 D
and the time is here

Am7 D
and the time is here

Am7 D
and the time is here

Am7 D C C D
o-o-o-oh

D........................................D
(acoustic & electric guitar pickin' - see below)

Am7 D Am7 D

(oboe solo starts)
Am7 D Am7 D

Am7 D Am7 D......
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)
(ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh)


(end - acoustic guitar pickin' - see below)
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THE TAB:

The chords and fingerings are:

Am7

1 -|| -0-------------------------------0
2 -|| -------1-------------------------1
3 -|| -0-------------------------------0
4 -|| --------------2------------------2
5 -|| -0-------------------------------0
6 -|| ---------------------------------

D

1 -|| -------2------------------------2
2 -|| -------------3------------------3
3 -|| -------1------------------------2
4 -|| --0-----------------------------0
5 -|| ---------------------------------
6 -|| ---------------------------------

C

1 -|| ---0----------------------------0
2 -|| --------1-----------------------1
3 -|| ---0----------------------------0
4 -|| ---------------2----------------2
5 -|| -----------------------3--------3
6 -|| ---------------------------------

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TIPS:

Fingerpickin' part:

I'm not sure if this is exact - it's hard to tell what's being played by either the acoustic or electric.

Also, if you play along with the recording, you may be slightly out of tune - on my recording, this pickin' part is recorded slightly faster than the rest of the song - the recording will sound a bit higher than what you are playing. I had to slow my tape player down a little bit for this part in order to stay in tune...

Here's the guitar tab (the bass plays the bold notes (string/fret)):

 D   C/D  ?/D  D  C/D Eb/D  D ?/D ?/D Dadd9  D  

-14-|-12-|-0-|-10-|-8-|-3-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-0--|-2-------------
-15-|-13-|-8-|-10-|-8-|-4-|-3-|-6-|-8-|-3--|-3-------------
-14-|-12-|-7-|-11-|-9-|-3-|-2-|-5-|-7-|-2--|-2-------------
--0-|--0-|-0-|--0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-0-|-0--|-0-------------
----|----|---|----|---|---|---|---|---|----|---------------
----|----|---|----|---|---|---|---|---|----|---------------

4/12 4/10 4/9 4/7 4/10 4/5 5/5 5/3 6/3 5/5 6/5 5/5 6/5 5/5...

Yes, the guitar and bass are playing different bass notes at the same time.

In the last D chord, the bass is switching between 6/5 & 5/5 more times than is written.

Note that the bass part is written in guitar tab - not bass tab (6 strings vs 4 strings).

Use this pattern for the guitar pickin':

-3---3----3-----3----3------3--|-
---2----2---2-----2-----2------|-
----1----1----------1-----1----|-
-0--------------0--------------|-
-------------------------------|-
-------------------------------|-

Where 0=thumb, 1= 1st finger, 2=2nd finger, 3=3rd finger.

This pattern should be done for each of the chords (except the last chord, the D should be strummed).

 

Ending:

This needs to be fingerpicked using the pattern previously mentioned above, except that you need to strike the 5th string when playing the Am7 chords:

Am7  D  Am7  D  Am7  D  ?/D ?/D  D    D    D/A  

-0-|-3-|-0-|-3-|-0-|-3-|-0-|-0-|-10-|-10-|-10--|--
-1-|-2-|-1-|-2-|-1-|-2-|-6-|-8-|-10-|-10-|-10--|--
-0-|-3-|-0-|-3-|-0-|-3-|-5-|-7-|--9-|--9-|--9--|--
-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-2-|-0-|-0-|-0-|--0-|--0-|--0--|--
-0-|---|-0-|---|-0-|---|---|---|----|----|--0--|--
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|----|----|-----|--
fingerpick.............(slow down)...strum...........

Strum the last three chords.

The bass plays a D on the last chord.

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I hope you enjoyed playing this.

Remember, that by learning this song, you are helping to preserve the music of the Ozark Mountain Daredevils!

Thanks for stopping by - steve

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Lyrics are copyright 1973, John Dillon

chords & music interpreted by steven hull

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Created 11 May 1999
Updated 11 May 1999
 


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