Traditional - The High Mountain Is Green - табы

高山青 THE HIGH MOUNTAIN IS GREEN
Traditional folk song from Taiwan

By: Federico Bautista
bautistafederico@outlook.com
February 2015

** From the video on YouTube: "Chinese mountaing song" by kelvinkong74 **
**           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnkkj3k8vBA               **


4/4
Tuning: F (in the video)

INTRO
|-----5-8-5-------5-----5--|-------0-------------1-|-----------------------|
|-5-5---------8-5-5---5-5--|-----1---3---1----3--3-|-------1-0-------------|
|-----------------5--------|-2-2-----------2--2--2-|-----0------0----2--2--|
|--------------------------|------------------0----|-2-2----------2--2--2--|
|-----------------0--------|-----------------------|-----------------0--0--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

|-x--x-x-x--0--|-x--x-x-x--0--|
|-x--x-x-x--1--|-x--x-x-x--1--|
|-x--x-x-x--2--|-x--x-x-x--2--|
|-x--x-x-x--2--|-x--x-x-x--2--|
|-x--x-x-x--0--|-x--x-x-x--0--|
|-x--x-x-x-----|-x--x-x-x-----|
  .      .       .      .  

x = Hold an Am chord on the fretboard. Hit the strings with the side of your 
thumb, near the bridge, with your right hand. You should get the percussive 
sound as well as the chord. Play the last chord of each bar normally. The dot
indicates accent.


PART A
 Am                             Dm               Am
|-0----0-3---0---|-0-----------|----------------|---0---0-0-0-|
|----3---0h1---3-|---1---1-1-1-|-3----1-3p1-----|---1---1-1-1-|
|----2-------2---|---2---2-2-2-|---2--------2-0-|-2-----------|
|----------------|-------------|-0--------------|-------------|
|-0--------------|-0-----------|------0---------|-0-----------|
|----------------|-----0-------|----------------|-----0-------|
 
 Am                              G       C
|-3-5-5-5-3-0-0-|-0----0-------|-------0-3-0-|
|-----5-------1-|-1--3----1----|-3-3-3-----1-|
|-----5-------2-|-2---------2--|-----0-----0-|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-0-------------|-0------------|---------3---|
|-----------0---|---------0----|-3-----------|

 N.C      Am   N.C.
|---0---------|-----------------|
|-3---3-------|-----------------|
|-0---2-2-2---|-----------------|
|-----------2-|---------2-0-----|
|---------0---|-----0-3-----3---|
|-------------|-0h3-----------3-|

PART B
 Am                                 Dm               Am
|-----------0------|-0-------------|----------------|---0-----0-0-0-|
|---1-----3---1-3--|---1-----1-1-1-|-3----1-3p1-----|---1-----1-1-1-|
|-----2------------|---2-----2-2-2-|---2--------2-0-|-2-------------|
|------------------|---------------|-0--------------|---------------|
|-0-------0--------|-0-----0-------|------0---------|-0-----0-------|
|-------0-------0--|-----0---------|----------------|-----0---------|

 Am                              G       C
|-5-5-5-5-3-0-0-|-0----0-------|-------0-3-0-|
|-----5-------1-|-1--3----1----|-3-3-3-----1-|
|-----5-------2-|-2---------2--|-----0-----0-|
|---------------|--------------|-------------|
|-0-------------|-0------------|---------3---|
|-----------0---|---------0----|-3-----------|

 N.C      Am     N.C.
|---0-------0---|-----------------|
|-3---3-1---1---|-----------------|
|-0---2---2-----|-----------------|
|---------------|-2p0-------------|
|---------0-----|-----3-2-3p2-0---|
|-------------0-|---------------3-|

PART C
 Am                             Dm            Em  Am
|-0----0-3--0---|-0-------------|----------------|---0-----0-0-0-|
|----3--------3-|---1-----1-1-1-|-3----1-3p1-----|---1-----1-1-1-|
|---------------|---2-----2-2-2-|---2--------2-0-|-2-------------|
|---------------|---------------|-0--------------|---------------|
|-0------0------|-0-----0-------|------0---------|-0-----0-------|
|------0------0-|-----0-------0-|--------------0-|-----0-------0-|
 
 Am                              G       C         Am
|-5-5-5-5-3-0-0---|-0----0--------|-------0-3-0---|-0---3-0-3/-|
|-----5-------1---|-1--3----1-----|-3-3-3-----1-3-|-1----------|
|-----5-------2---|-2---------2---|-----0-----0---|-2----------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|------------|
|-0---------0-----|-0-------0-----|---------3-----|-0----------|
|---------------0-|-------------0-|-3-------------|------------|
 
 ENDING
 Am                                                       Am6
|-5-----------|-------------|---0-----0-0-|---0-----0-0-|--2--||
|---5-----5-5-|---5-----5-5-|---1-----1-1-|---1-----1-1-|--1--||
|---5-----5-5-|---5-----5-5-|---2-----2-2-|---2-----2-2-|--2--||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--2--||
|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|-0-----0-----|--0--||
|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----0-------|-----||


LYRICS (from http://english.china.com/chinese/justforfunphoto/209/20140519/78480.html)

高山青
gāo shān qīng 
The tall mountain is green
涧水蓝
jiàn shuǐ lán 
The gully''s water is blue
阿里山的姑娘美如水
ā lǐ shān de gū niáng měi rú shuǐ 
An Ali Mountain girl is as pretty as water
阿里山的少年壮如山
ā lǐ shān de shǎo nián zhuàng rú shān 
A yong lad from Ali Mountain is as strong as mountain
 
高山常青
gāo shān qīng 
The tall mountain is always green
涧水常蓝
jiàn shuǐ lán 
The gully''s water is always blue
姑娘和那少年永不分
gū niáng hé nà shǎo nián yǒng bú fēn 
The girl and the lad won''t be apart forever
 
碧水长围着青山转
bì shuǐ zhǎng wéi zhe qīng shān zhuàn 
Blue water winds around the green mountain
 
姑娘和那少年永不分
gū niáng hé nà shǎo nián yǒng bú fēn
The girl and the lad won''t be apart forever
 
碧水长围着青山转
bì shuǐ zhǎng wéi zhe qīng shān zhuàn 
Blue water winds around the green mountain


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