“mounting everest” (chords)

(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

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