(open with arv’s imitation of the bright-eyed “everest smile”)
(4:4 swing)
(86bpm)
(C#major)
(reference note: G# Bb F C#)
INTRO:
(B/F B) x 2
(C#sus4 B F#) (F#7 F#sus2 F# F#7 F# F#6 F# F#dim)
(end on sustained F#dim/G)
(riff: E G# F# E C# D# C# B) (C#)
(bass: B (D#) C# B (F#) F# (A D#) C#)
VERSE:
(C#) (moun) (C#6) (tain everest) (C#) (didn’t) (C#6) (take)
(Bbm6) (much) (Bbm Bbmsus4) (thought i’d)
(F#7 F#6 F#) (lost all sense of) (Bm9) (touch)
mounting everest
(didn’t take much)
i’d thought i’d lost all sense of touch…
(Bsus2) (we did) B (the) Bsus4 (doub) B (ble) (C#) (dutch)
we did the double dutch….
(Fm) (pre) (F#m6) (tty much we did the) (F#m7) (dou) (F#m6) (ble) (C#) (dutch)
pretty much…we didda double dutch…
(bass: C# (Bb) Bb (F) F# (Bb) B (D#) C# (G#) F F# (A) C#)
VERSE:
(C# C#6) x 2
(Bbm6) (Bbm Bbmsus4)
(F#7 F#6 F#) (Bm9)
o sophia
what’s the rush?
i’d thought i’d lost all sense of touch…
(Bsus2 B Bsus4 B) (C#)
we did the double dutch….
(Fm) (F#m6) (F#m6 F#m7 F#m6) (C#)
pretty much…we did the da-double dutch…
(bass: C# (Bb) Bb (F) F# (Bb) B (D#) C# (G#) F F# (A) C# (G#))
CHORUS:
(C# C#6) (mountain) (Bbm) (everest) (Bbm7) (Bbm Bbmsus4 Bbm) (sure don’t)
mountin everest…such a chore…
(G# G#+ G#6) (feel) (F) (like the summer) (F F7 F+) (before) (F F#dim F)
(F F+) (mountain)
sure don’t feel…like the summer before…
(lincoln deathbed: “now she belongs to the ages…”)
(Bbm7sus4 Bbm7) (everest) (Bbm F# Bbm) (didn’t take) (D#) (much) (G#+)
when mounting everest didn’t take much…
[(D#msus4 D#m9) (did the double) (F7) (dutch)] x 2
INSTRUMENTAL:
(D#m7) (G# G#sus2) (F F+ F)
(G# Bbm G#) (F) (F#dim) (F# F#6 F# B)
(G# G#sus2) (Bbm Bbmsus2) (C# C#sus2) (D#bend) (C#)
we did the double dutch…
we did the double dutch…
we did the double dutch…
(bass: Bb G# (F) F (A C#) B (F) F# (Bb) Bb (C# F) D# (Bb G))
(bass: G# (C E) D# (C# Bb F#) F (A C) D# (C# Bb F#))
(bass: F (A C) D# (C# Bb F#) G# (Bb C D#) F (A) G#)
(bass: (C) Bb G# (C D#) F F# (Bb) B (F#) G# (Bb) Bb (C) C#)
INTRO RIFF
CHORUS
VERSE x 2