Climb the Mountain Lyrics

Climb The Mountain
Halo
From the CD "Heaven Calling"
Words by Scott Springer
Music by John Elefante
Matthew 17:20, Phillippians 3:13-14
using the standard tuning conventions:
/ = slide up /w = whammy bar up
\ = slide down \w = whammy bar down
# = harmonic
p = pulloff ^ = bend (up pitch)
h = hammer on v = bend (down pitch)
(#1 - See note)
A (Driving A Chord -- with distortion -- repeated)
Intro - Lead-In Solo
(#2 - See note)
-12-10----------12-9\w---12-10-------12-9--9^10 9--9---------
You're down in the valley life has dealt a crucial blow
The darkness surrounds you like a blanket on your soul
Oh......
Time to rise up, stand your ground
HORUS 1
Climb the Mountain, let your faith cast it aside
Climb the Mountain, let God's strength in you arise
Climb the Mountain, pull it down
HORUS 2
Climb the Mountain, there is no way you can fail
Climb the Mountain and in Christ you will prevail
You're ready to start the climb, there's hunger in your eyes
God has given you courage to help you scale the utmost heights
Oh......
Through Christ the battle has been won
RI - lean electric sound
Greater is He that is within you
With God there is no mountain you can't climb
It's time to rise up stand your ground
Oh....
(#3 - See note)
-12---12-----12\w----------10\---10-8-7----------------------
--/14-14-14-12----15--15^17v15-14\---/17-15-14---------------
Repeat horus
Ron's Guitar Notes
#1 I use my pinky to crunch/mute the A note on the 5th fret of
the E string, then lay my first finger across the 2nd fret,
barring the 4th, 3rd and 2nd fingers. It comes close to
mimicking the driving bass here.
#2 You'll find the "lead-in solo" repeated in various parts of the
song, (including the ending) with only slight variations on the
few ending notes. (i.e. Sometimes a whammy down, sometimes a
slide down the neck, etc.)
#3 Barry Graul's solo incorporates a lot of slides into and out
of particular starting and ending notes. I've tried to include
all of the nuances of his technique, but if you're having trouble
figuring it out at first... try ignoring all the
slides (/'s and \'s).
Also...
Concerning " 15^17v15 " in the solo... the first note is picked
then the string is bent upward one whole step and brought back
down to the G note at the 15th. I wasn't sure if this would be
clear to everyone.
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