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Song Name: Gillis Mountain
Performer: Rankin Family
Author: Raylene Rankin
Album: Fare Thee Well love
Notes: I am not 100 percent sure of the Em/B in the third line.
I am sure of the B bass note, and the chord sounds alright,
But I would be willing to try other chords anyone cares to suggest.

GG Piano Chord 

I took a trip up Gillis Mountain
EmEm Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

On a sunny summer day
CC Piano Chord 
           Em/BEm/B Piano Chord 
         AmAm Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 

There were ruts in the road and the four wheel drive
EmEm Piano Chord 
                      CC Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 

Spun itís wheels in the rocks and the clay
EmEm Piano Chord 
        CC Piano Chord 
             DD Piano Chord 
             GG Piano Chord 

Yes it spun itís wheels in the rocks and the clay.

On our way up Gillis Mountain
On that sunny summer day
There were spruce trees growing on the fields
Where fore-fathers once made hay
Where our fore-fathers once made hay.

Chorus:
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CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
      CC Piano Chord 

And oh - oh - oh  Gillis Mountain
CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
   EmEm Piano Chord 
         CC Piano Chord 
       DD Piano Chord 
         GG Piano Chord 

Oh - oh - oh  Where fore-fathers once made hay.

The Gillisí lived on the mountain
For about a hundred years
Where we pick berries they cleared land
Spent their blood and sweat and tears
They spent their blood and sweat and tears.

Chorus:
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CC Piano Chord 
         DD Piano Chord 
   GG Piano Chord 
      CC Piano Chord 

And oh - oh - oh  Gillis Mountain

C         D   Em          C         D         G (hold for 6 beats then E7 for 2)
Oh - oh - oh  Spent their blood and sweat and tears.

AA Piano Chord 

When we arrived on Gillis Mountain
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
               DD Piano Chord 
            EE Piano Chord 

You could see for miles in the light
DD Piano Chord 
         F#m/C# BmBm Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 

The whitecaps on  a  sea of blue
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
                    DD Piano Chord 
      EE Piano Chord 

Sparkled like diamonds in the night
F#mF#m Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 

They sparkled like diamonds in the night.

Chorus:
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DD Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 
   AA Piano Chord 
      DD Piano Chord 

And oh - oh - oh  Gillis Mountain
DD Piano Chord 
         EE Piano Chord 
   F#mF#m Piano Chord 
           DD Piano Chord 
        EE Piano Chord 
      AA Piano Chord 

Oh - oh - oh  Sparkled like diamonds in the night        }Repeat chorus, then

F#mF#m Piano Chord 
   DD Piano Chord 
     EE Piano Chord 
        AA Piano Chord 

La la la la la la la la la la             ]repeat 3 times then sing acapella
Sparkled like diamonds in the night