Intro
 
G  D7  C  G  D7  G 
 
Chorus 1
 
G 
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                                D7 
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill 
    C                      G 
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                     D7      G 
Because I've lost my will to live 
 
Verse 1
 
G 
It was six o'clock yesterday morning 
                                D7 
When my sweet baby packed up to leave 
   C                         G 
It was six o'clock yesterday morning 
                 D7          G     N.C. 
And I ain't done nothing but grieve 
 
Chorus 2
 
G 
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                                D7 
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill 
    C                      G 
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                     D7      G 
Because I've lost my will to live 
 
Instrumental 1
 
G  D7  C  G  D7  G 
 
Verse 2
 
G 
Well I cried and I begged and I pleaded 
                         D7 
For my sweet baby not to go 
     C                           G 
Like the leaf that's caught in a whirlwind 
                     D7         G   N.C. 
Where she's gone now I'll never know 
 
Chorus 3
 
G 
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                                D7 
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill 
    C                      G 
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                     D7      G 
Because I've lost my will to live 
 
Instrumental 2
 
G  D7  C  G  D7  G 
 
Verse 3
 
G 
Now why does a man let a woman 
                       D7 
Turn him into a hollow shelf 
    C                            G 
And walk up and leave him behind her 
               D7          G   N.C. 
Like a ship at sea with no sail 
 
Chorus 4
 
G 
Well I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                                D7 
Yeah I'm going up on Heartbreak Hill 
    C                      G 
I'm going up on Heartbreak Mountain 
                     D7      G 
Because I've lost my will to live 
 
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