Wolverton Mountain:Claude King.
#6 Rock charts, #3 Adult Contemp. & #1 Country in 1962.
INTRO: D A D A
#1.
A D A
They say don't go, on Wolverton Mountain,
D
if you're looking for a wife.
D A
Cause Clifton Clowers has a pretty young daughter..
A D
he's mighty handy, with a gun and a knife.
CHORUS:
D A D
Her tender lips, (her tender lips) are sweeter than honey..
E A
and Wolverton Mountain, protects her there.
A D A
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers,
A D
if a stranger, should enter there.
#2.
D A
All of my dreams, are on Wolverton Mountain.
A D
I want his daughter, for my wife.
D A
I'll take my chances, and climb that mountain..
A D
though Clilfton Clowers, he might take my life.
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CHORUS:
D A D
Her tender lips, (her tender lips) are sweeter than honey..
E A
and Wolverton Mountain, protects her there.
A D A
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers,
A D D#
if a stranger, should wander there.
#3.
D# A#
I'm going up, on Wolverton Mountain..
A# D#
it's too lonesome down here below.
D# A#
It's just not right, to hide his daughter,
A# D#
from the one, who loves her so.
CHORUS:
D# A# D#
Her tender lips, (her tender lips) are sweeter than honey..
F A#
and Wolverton Mountain, protects her there.
A# D# A#
The bears and the birds, tell Clifton Clowers,
A# D#
if a stranger, should wander there.
OUTRO:
D# A#
But I don't care about Clifton Clowers,
D#
I'm gonna climb up on his mountain.
A#
I'm gonna take the girl I love,
D#
I don't care about Clifton Clowers.
A#
I'm gonna climb up on that mountain,
D#
and I'll get the one I love.
A#
I don't care about Clifton Clowers,
D#
I'm gonna climb up on that mountain...(Fade.)
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