Oh, (A)play me some moun tain (D)mu sic,
like (A)grand ma and grand pa used to play.
Then I’ll (A)float
on down the riv er
to a Ca
jun hide a (A)way.
Drift a way
like Tom (D)Saw yer, ride a raft
with ol’ Huck (D)Finn.
Take a nap
like Rip Van (D)Win kle,
daze (G)dream
in’ a (E)gain.
Oh, (A)play me some moun tain (D)mu sic,
like (A)grand ma and grand pa used to play.
Then I’ll (A)float
on down the riv er
to a Ca
jun hide a (E)way.
(A)Swim
a cross the riv er,
just to prove
that I’m a man.
Spend the day
be in’ la zy,
just (G)be
in’ na ture’s (E)friend.
(A)Climb
a long tall hick ’ry.
Bend it o
ver “skin nin’ cats.”
Play in’ base
ball with chert rocks,
in’ (G)saw
mill slabs for (E)friend.
(E)bats.
Play some (A)back home,
come on (D)mu sic
that (A)comes
from the heart.
Play (A)some thing with lots of feel in’, ’cause that’s where (Bm)mu
sic has to (E)start.
Oh, (A)play me some moun tain (D)mu sic,
like (A)grand ma and grand pa used to play.
Then I’ll (A)float
on down the riv er
to a Ca
jun hide a (E)way.
Oh, (A)play me some moun tain (D)mu sic,
like (A)grand ma and grand pa used to play.
Then I’ll (A)float
on down the riv er
to a Ca
jun hide a (E)way.
Oh, (E)way.
This page shows “Mountain Music” by Alabama in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 220 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.