Top of the mountain chords by The Staple Singers

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Verse 1
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Memories, memories
Oh, memories, yeah
They take me back
To when I was a little child
On the wrong side of the track
I used to hear my mother say
She used to tell me
When times were hard
E 
Am 
And   beer she couldn't pay
She used to tell me
D 
Am 
when it rains it pours
D 
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And how the man gonna put us out doors
Dm 
C 
But I'm gonna see
I'm gonna see
F 
I've got to see
I'm gonna see
E 
Am 
The top of the mountain
Gonna see
Yes I have
The top of the mountain
Gonna see
The top of the mountain
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My mother used to say, girl,
if you make it to the top,
take somebody with you,
and don't you ever stop.
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There's a man in the blessing business,
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and he won't let you suffer too long.
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But after all my mother's teaching,
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It ain't nothin'
D 
gonna lead me wrong
Am 
D 
Cause I'm gonna see
C 
I'm gonna see
F 
I've got to see
I'm gonna see
E 
Am 
The top of the mountain
Gonna see
Oh yeah
The top of the mountain
Yes I have
Gonna see
The top of the mountain
C 
I've made it over
F 
And I'm not ashamed
C 
For my raggedy house and the dirty streets
F 
No, no, from which I came
C 
I paved, paved a way
F 
For every boy and man
C 
Don't you know that if I could
Esus4 
E 
I'd do it all      over again
Oh, can I go again?
Em 
Oh, I've seen,

Verse 2

ooh, yes,

I've seen, yes, I've seen

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Verse 3

The top of the mountain, oh, yeah,

and it's so beautiful

Verse 4

It's beautiful, the top of the mountain,

it's so beautiful

Verse 5

It's beautiful, the

top of the mountain, oh, yeah

Verse 6
Am 
So beautiful the top of the mountain
So beautiful the top of the mountain
So beautiful the top of the mountain
So beautiful the top of the mountain
Am 
So beautiful the top of the mountain