High On A Rocky Ledge chords by Moondog

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
A D Dm A A D Dm A A A7 D Bm Dm A F# Bm E A

Verse:
A        D        Dm   A
High on a rocky ledge lives the Mädel, Edelweiß
A        D     Dm    A
Shy as a shadow, lovely as lace, and cold as ice
 A7   D       Dm
High on a rocky ledge, I pledged my love to
A     F#   Bb     E  A
Her ev'ry time I climb up to paradise
          D     Dm    A
How many times I've been up to see her, goodness knows
           D       Dm   A
Huffing and puffing, dressed in the warmest climbing clothes
 A7   D        Dm
How many chances would be taken in my
A      F#     Bm      E  A
Hopeless pursuit of the Schnee-Mädel-Edelweiß
           D      Dm    A
Then spoke a spirit, "If you would win your Lady Love,
           D      Dm     A
There's only one way: fall to your death from high above.
 A7    D       Dm
You will begin to grow in snow beside the
A      F#   Bm    E   A
One you have waited for to be mated with."
         D     Dm   A
Now I'm an Edel, vice to my Mädel, Edelweiß
         D     Dm A
Dying to be with her wasn't any sacrifice
 A7    D     Dm
We're so deliriously happy on our
A       F#     Bm     E  A
Ledge where I pledged my love to my Lady Fair
           D       Dm   A
You who are climbing breathless to see me and my love
           D     Dm   A
Snow flowers growing fonder on Lover's Ledge above
 A7      D         Dm
If you've the yen to pluck, then pluck us both for
A      F#    Bm      E   A
We who have lived as one, wish to die as one.

Outro:
A D Dm A

F Fm A