D                                                  G
You're a man on a mountain, you're a mountain of a man
    Bm                      A                 D
The rich lining timber in the palms of your hands
D                                                  G
Are too rough and rocky, they're as salty as the land
 Bm                      A                 D
You're a man on a mountain, you're a mountain of a man

D                                                  G
You're a lily of the valley but the valley keeps you down
Bm                      A                 D
I know you long to follow my lonesome mountain sands
D                                                  G
But you're all wine and roses, you're never leavin' town
 Bm                      A                 D
You're a lily of the valley but the valley keeps you down

       G                              D
Well, once upon a time we long to be lovers
D                                             A
Why can't a valley girl ever love a mountain man
    D                        G            D
Let us not spend our lives lying to each other
    Bm                              A         D
Let's meet in the middle or let's never meet again

D                                                  G
Till you make me a promise, I can never be your wife
    Bm                      A                 D
I ain't never promised no one a damn thing in my life
D                                               G
I'll live with you forever but I won't live in sin
    Bm                      A                 D
Let's meet in the middle or let's never meet again

       G                              D
Well, once upon a time we long to be lovers
D                                             A
Why can't a valley girl ever love a mountain man
    D                        G            D
Let us not spend our lives lying to each other
    Bm                              A         D
Let's meet in the middle or let's never meet again

D                                            G
Well, I'd buy you a diamond that I can't afford
    Bm                      A                 D
Well, I don't need no diamond, boy, what are you waitin' for
D                                               G
Get down off that mountain, girl, come take my hand
    Bm                      A                 D
Let's meet in the middle or let's never meet again

       G                              D
Well, once upon a time we long to be lovers
D                                             A
Why can't a valley girl ever love a mountain man
    D                        G            D
Let us not spend our lives lying to each other
    Bm                              A         D
Let's meet in the middle or let's never meet again
    D                        G            D
Let us not spend our lives lying to each other
    Bm                              A         D
Let's meet in the middle or let's never meet again