G              F              G                     F 
 Every day is a gamble, if you really gonna make it through 
 Daddy warned against it, said "You may not make it through." 
  
             G                      F                C               G 
 When you live on the side of a mountain, and the babies all need food 
 Momma wrapped me in her arms, crying "What else can I do?" 
  
           G             F              G                  F 
 As the youngest one among us, I got sick and could not eat 
 There's a place across the mountain top, across the mountain side 
 Now I stand upon the mountain top before my mother's grave 
 
    G                F                    C              G 
 Daddy prayed to accept his fate, but Momma would not heed 
 They say there is a doctor there who might save our baby's life 
 And every year I visit here to thank her for that day 
 
	  C                      G                      F 
	Carry me across the mountain, before it is too late 
	 C              G              D      G 
	Heal my broken body, Death not be my fate 
	 C                       G                     F 
	Carry me across the mountain, don't give up on me 
	 C          G                           D        G 
	I am but a helpless child whose life depends on thee