'Cross the Green Mountain

[C]I crossed [G/B]the green mountain
[Am7]I slept [G]by the stream
[Am7]Heaven blazing [G/B]in my head
[C]I dreamt [Dsus4]a monstrous dream
[D]Something came up
[C]Out of [G/B]the sea
[Am7]Swept through [G]the land of
[Am7]The rich [G/B]and the free
[C]I look [Dsus4]into the eyes
[D]Of my [C]merciful friend
[G/B]And then [Am7]I ask myself
[G]Is this [Am7]the end?
[G/B]Memories linger
[C]Sad yet sweet
[Dsus4]And I think [D]of the souls
[C]In heaven [G/B]who will meet
[Am7]Alters are burning
[G]The flames [Am7]far and wide
[G/B]The foe [C]has crossed over
[Dsus4]From the [D]other side
[C]They tip [G/B]their caps
[Am7]From the top [G]of the hill
[Am7]You can [G/B]feel them come
[C]More brave [Dsus4]blood do spill
[D]Along the dim
[C]Atlantic line
[G/B]The ravaged land
[Am7]Lasts for [G]miles behind
[Am7]The lights [G/B]coming forward
[C]And the [Dsus4]streets are broad
[D]All must yield
[C]To the [G/B]avenging God
[Am7]The world [G]is old
[Am7]The world [G/B]is grey
[C]Lessons of life
[Dsus4]Can't be learned [D]in a day
[C]I watch [G/B]and I wait
[Am7]And I listen [G]while I stand
[Am7]To the [G/B]music that comes
[C]From a [Dsus4]far better land
[D]Close the eyes [C]of our captain
[G/B]Peace may [Am7]he know
[G]His long [Am7]night is done
[G/B]The great leader [C]is laid low
[Dsus4]He was [D]ready to fall
[C]He was [G/B]quick to defend
[Am7]Killed outright [G]he was
[Am7]By his [G/B]own men
[C]It's the last [Dsus4]day's last hour
[D]Of the [C]last happy year
[G/B]I feel that the [Am7]unknown world is so near
[G]Pride will vanish
[Am7]And glory [G/B]will rot
[C]But virtue lives
[Dsus4]And cannot [D]be forgot
[C]The bells
[G/B]Of evening [Am7]have rung
[G]There's blasphemy [Am7]on every tongue
[G/B]Let them say [C]that I walked
[Dsus4]In fair [D]nature's light
[C]And that [G/B]I was loyal
[Am7]To truth [G]and to right
[Am7]Serve God [G/B]and be cheerful
[C]Look upward beyond
[Dsus4]Beyond the [D]darkness that masks
[C]The surprises [G/B]of dawn
[Am7]In the [G]deep green grasses
[Am7]And the [G/B]blood stained woods
[C]They never [Dsus4]dreamed of surrendering
[D]They fell [C]where they stood
[G/B]Stars fell [Am7]over Alabama
[G]I saw [Am7]each star
[G/B]You're walking [C]in dreams
[Dsus4]Whoever you are
[D]Chilled are [C]the skies
[G/B]Keen is [Am7]the frost
[G]The ground's [Am7]froze hard
[G/B]And the [C]morning is lost
[Dsus4]A letter [D]to mother
[C]Came today
[G/B]Gunshot wound [Am7]to the breast
[G]Is what [Am7]it did say
[G/B]But he'll [C]be better soon
[Dsus4]He's in [D]a hospital bed
[C]But he'll [G/B]never be better
[Am7]He's already dead
[G]I'm ten miles [Am7]outside the city
[G/B]And I'm [C]lifted away
[Dsus4]In an [D]ancient light
[C]That is [G/B]not of day
[Am7]They were calm, [G]they were blunt
[Am7]We knew them [G/B]all too well
[C]We loved each [Dsus4]other more than
[D]We ever [C]dared to tell

The song is played in its original key of C without a capo.

This song is built on the key of C. Here are the 7 diatonic chords (Chord Family) that harmonize according to music theory: