Remember the Mountain Bed Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]

[Verse 1]
[D]Do you still sing of the moun[A]tain bed
we [G]made of limbs and leaves?
Do you still sigh there near the sky
where the [D]holly berry [A]bleeds?
You [Bm]laughed as I covered
you [G]over with leaves
[Em]Face, breast, hips, and [G]thighs
You [D]smiled when I said the [C]leaves were [Em]just the [G]color of your
[D]eyes

[Interlude 1]
[D][A][G][D]
[A][Bm][G][Em][G][D]
[C][Em][G][D]

[Verse 2]
[D]Rosin smells and [A]turpentine smells
from [G]eucalyptus and pine
Bitter tastes of twigs we chewed where
[D]tangled wood vines [A]twine
[Bm]Trees held us in on [G]all four sides
so [Em]thick we could not [G]see
[D]I could not see any [C]wrong [Em]in you,
and [G]you saw none in [D]me

[Interlude 2]
[D][C][Em][G][D]

[Verse 3]
[D]Your arm was brown [A]against the ground,
your [G]cheeks part of the sky
Your fingers played with grassy moss,
as [D]limber you did [A]lie
Your [Bm]stomach moved be[G]neath your shirt
and your [Em]knees were in the [G]air
Your [D]feet played games with [C]mountain
[Em]roots as [G]you lay thinking [D]there

[Verse 4]
[D]Below us the trees grew [A]clumps of trees,
raised [G]families of trees, and they
As proud as we tossed their heads in the
[D]wind and flung good seeds [A]away
The [Bm]sun was hot and the [G]sun was bright
[Em]down in the valley be[G]low
Where [D]people starved and [C]hungry for
life so [G]empty come and [D]go

[Verse 5]
[D]There in the shade and [A]hid from the sun we
[G]freed our minds and [Em]learned[G]
Our greatest reason for being here,
our [D]bodies moved [A]and burned
[Bm]There on our mountain [G]bed of leaves
we [Em]learned life's reason [G]why
The [D]people laugh and [C]love and dream,
they [G]fight, they hate to [D]die

[Verse 6]
[D]The smell of your hair I [A]know is still there,
if [G]most of our leaves are blown
Our words still ring in the brush and the trees
where [D]singing seeds [A]are sown
Your [Bm]shape and form is [G]dim but plain,
[Em]there on our mountain [G]bed
I [D]see my life was [C]brightest [Em]where you [G]laughed
and laid your [D]head

[Interlude 3]
[D][C][Em][G][D]

[Verse 7]
[D]I learned the reason why [A]man must work
and [G]how [D]to dream big [G]dreams
To conquer time and space and
fight the [D]rivers and the sea[A]s
I [Bm]stand here filled with my [G]emptiness
now and [Em]look at city and [G]land
And I [D]know why farms and [C]cities are built by [G]hot,
warm, nervous [D]hands

[Verse 8]
[D]I crossed many states just t[A]o stand here now,
my [G]face all hot with tears
I crossed city, and valley, desert,
and [D]stream, to bring [A]my body here
My [Bm]history and future [G]blaze bright
in me an[Em]d all my joy and [G]pain
[D]Go through my head on [C]our mountain
bed where I smell your [G]hair again.

[Interlude 4]
[D]

[Verse 9]
[D]All this day long I [A]linger here and
[Bm]on i[G]n through the night
My greed's, desires, my cravings,
hopes, [D]my dreams inside [A]me fight
My [Bm]loneliness healed, my [G]emptiness filled,
[Em]I walk above all pain[G]
[D]Back to the breast of my [C]woman and child
to [G]scatter my seeds [D]again

[Outro 1]
[D][C][Em][G]