Climb Every Mountain chords

from The Sound Of Music

Lyrics: Richard Rodgers / Music: Oscar Hammerstein

Music: Key of Bb Major with a key change to B Major in 4/4 time with deep feeling in a majestic and stately fashion... maestoso

Easier in G Major: Because of the key change to Ab Major after the 3rd verse, the chords may be fairly difficult especially for beginners. It will be easier to play in G Major for the whole song. If playing with the video, place a capo on the 3rd fret, and just before the key change - pause the video and move the capo to the 4th fret and carry on.

Chords in G Major: G, G7, Gmaj7, A, Am, Am7, A7, Bm, Baug, Cmaj7, Cm6, C6, Caug, D, D7, Dm7, Dmaj7, E, Em7... don't be put off by the unusual chords as they are very easy to play... all chord charts below.

Capo on 3 if playing with the video

Climb Ev'ry Mountain - acted by Peggy Wood dubbed by Margery McKay

Climb Ev'ry Mountain

Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key

   G     A      D
1. Climb ev-'ry moun-tain,
   Dm7    G        Cmaj7
   Search high and low,
   Cm6            G
   Fol-low ev-'ry by-way,
   Am7    D7       G
   Ev-'ry path you know.

   G     A      D
2. Climb ev-'ry moun-tain,
   Dm7  G      Cmaj7
   Ford ev-'ry stream,
   Cm6            G
   Fol-low ev-'ry rain-bow,
   Am7      D7        G
  'Till you find your dream.

           C                   Cmaj7
Refrain: A dream that will need
      Am         D              G           Gmaj7
         All the love you can | give  /  /        |
      Em7       D               Dmaj7
         Ev-'ry day of your life
      Bm        E             A        A7
         For as long as you | live. |      |

   D     E7      A
3. Climb ev-'ry moun-tain,
   Am7  D      Gmaj7
   Ford ev-'ry stream,
   Em      Em7    Am      Am7
   Fol-low ev-'ry rain-bow,
   G     Baug  C6    D7    G       C     D
  'Till  you   find  your  dream |    -     |
    >     >     >     >      >

** Move Capo to the 4th fret **

           C                   Cmaj7
Refrain: A dream that will need
      Am         D              G         Gmaj7
         All the love you can | give  / /       |
      Em7       D               Dmaj7
         Ev-'ry day of your life
      Bm        E           A        A7
         For as long as you live. |      |

   D     E7     A
4. Climb ev-'ry moun-tain,
   Am7  D      Gmaj7
   Ford ev-'ry stream,
   Em      Em7    Am      Am7
   Fol-low ev-'ry rain-bow,
   G    Caug  C     D7    G     Am7     G
  'Till you   find  your  dream.     |     |
    >    >     >     >      >

Please Note:
The accent sign > indicates that a note, chord or passage is to be played louder or more forcefully than surrounding music.

All the augmented chords (Eaug, Baug, Caug) can be written as E+, B+, C+. They are like major chords except the 5th is sharpened - formula: 1 - 3 - #5.
Eaug & Caug share the same notes - find out why.

Chords in C Major

Original Published Key:

     C  C7 Cmaj7 D  Dm  Dm7  D7  G  G7  Gmaj7 Gm7 Fm6 Fmaj7 F6 A  Am7  Em  Eaug Faug
e |--0---0---0---2---1---1---2---3---1----2----3---1----0---1--0---0---0---0----1---|
B |--1---1---0---3---2---1---1---0---0----0----3---3----1---3--2---1---0---1----2---|
G |--0---3---0---2---3---2---2---0---0----0----3---1----2---2--2---0---0---1----2---|
D |--2---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0----0----3---3----3---3--2---2---2---2----3---|
A |--3---3---3-------------------2---2----2----5---3-----------0---0---2---3--------|
E |------------------------------3---3----3----3---1-------------------0---0--------| 

numbers on the grid: frets
0: play string open
Unmarked strings: Don't play

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