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Gonna Build A Mountain

by The Monkees, Sammy Davis Jr. · posted by WaltP

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GONNA BUILD A MOUNTAIN
By Leslie Bricuse & Anthony Newley
From: (Stop The World – 
       I Want To Get Off)
The Monkees, Sammy Davis Jr.
Key: Eb, E, F 

Key: Eb
-3*-3*   4  -5*  7   7
Gon-na build a moun-tain, 
-3* -3* 4  -5*  -5*
from a lit-tle hill.
-3*-3*   4  -5* 7    7
Gon-na build a moun-tain, 
-3*  -3* -5 -5* -6
least I hope I will.
-5*-5*   7   7* -7*  -7*
Gon-na build a moun-tain, 
-7*-7*  -7*   8  -7*
Gon-na build it high.
-5*  7   7*  -7* -7* -7*-7* 7 -5*
I don't know how I'm gon-na do it,
-6 -6  -6  -6  -5 -3* -5* 
On-ly know I'm gon-na try.

Gonna build a daydream, 
from a little hope.
Gonna push the daydream, 
up that mountain slope.
Gonna build a daydream, 
gonna see it through.
Gonna build a mountain and a daydream,
Gonna make 'em both come true.

Gonna build a heaven, as a will someday,
And the Lord sends Ga-bri-el 
to take me away.
Woah, I wanna fine young son, 
to take my place.
I'll leave my son in my heaven 
on earth with the good Lord's grace.

-4    -4    5*   6    7*  7*
When I’ve built that heav-en
-4-4  5*    6   6
as I will some-day,
-4  -4   5*   6    7*  7*
And the Lord sends Ga-briel 

Key: E

-4  5*  6  6 -6*
to take me a-way.
6   6   7*    -7  -8   6   7*  -7  -8
Wan-na fine young son, to take my place.
6      7* -7 -8  -8 -8  7* -6*  6  -6*
I'll leave a son in my heav-en on earth, 
-6*  -6* -5* 5*  -4    6
with the Lord's good grace.
-6  -6  -7   -7*       
With a fine young 

Key: F
8    -7  8   -9   8
son, to take my place.
-6    -7  -7* 8  8  8   -7  7  -6   7 
I'll leave a son in my heav-en on earth, 
7     7   -7*   -9    -10
with the good Lord's grace.

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