Mountains O Things

tracy chapman - mountains o’things Intro Am Dm Am | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | Am the life i’ve always wanted i guess i’ll never have Dm i’ll be working for somebody else until i’m in my grave F G F Am i’ll be dreaming of a live of ease and mountains oh mountains o’ things Am to have a big expensive car drag my furs on the ground Dm and have a maid that i can tell to bring me anything F everyone will look at me with envy and with greed G F G Am i’ll revel in their attention and mountains oh mountains o’ things Am sweet lazy life champagne and caviar Dm i hope you’ll come and find me cause you know who we are F those who deserve the best in life and know what money’s worth G F G Am and those whose sole misfortune was having mountains o’ nothing at birth C G Am oh they tell me there’s still time to save my soul they tell me C G Am renounce all renounce all those material things you gained by F G Am exploiting other human beings Am consume more than you need this is the dream Dm make you pauper or make you queen F i won’t die lonely i’ll have it all prearranged G F G Am a grave that’s deep and wide enough for me and all my mountains o’ things C G Am oh they tell me there’s still time to save my soul they tell me C G Am renounce all renounce all those material things you gained by F G Am exploiting other human beings G F Am mostly i feel lonely G F Am good good people are good people are only my stepping stones G F Am it’s gonna take all my mountains o’ things to surround me G F G F Am keep all my enemies away keep my sadness and loneliness at bay Am the life i’ve always wanted i guess i’ll never have Dm i’ll be working for somebody else until i’m in my grave F G F Am i’ll be dreaming of a live of ease and mountains oh mountains o’ things F G Am i’ll be dreaming dreaming . . . dreaming dreaming . . . dreaming i’ll be dreaming dreaming . . . dreaming dreaming . . . dreaming i’ll be dreaming dreaming . . . dreaming dreaming . . . dreaming