Tono:
Introducción: Am/C G/B Am Am/C G/B Am Am/C Am G G/D G Am
Am F Am F Am
There goes the mountain, father of fir trees,
G Am
Home for the grizzlies, under its snow.
F Am F Am
Shorn of its timber, torn by the monsters.
G Am
Taken by truckloads to the great plains below.
Am F Am
There goes the mountain, the avalanche maker,
D Am
Heaven's caretaker, breeder of streams.
F Am
There goes the mountain, maker of thunder,
D F Am
Torn down for the plunder, remembered in dreams.
Am F Am F Am
There goes the mountain, greeter of sunrise,
G Am
Giant by starlight, the highest and best.
F Am F Am
The roar of the engines, the first in its lifetime
G Am
Will take what man values and spit out the rest.
Am F Am
There goes the mountain, the avalanche maker,
D Am
Heaven's caretaker, breeder of streams.
F Am
There goes the mountain, maker of thunder,
D F Am
Torn down for the plunder, remembered in dreams.
Am F Am F Am
Lord of the highlands, home for the eagles.
G Am
Catcher of snowfall for millions of years.
F Am F Am
Bleeding in mudslides, robbed of its insides.
G Am
Prey to the skills of the bold engineer.
Am F Am
There goes the mountain, the avalanche maker,
D Am
Heaven's caretaker, breeder of streams.
F Am
There goes the mountain, maker of thunder,
D F Am
Torn down for the plunder, remembered in dreams.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1976)