Chords:Bound for the Mountains and the Sea(Paxton)

Subject: Chord Req: Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
From: GUEST,RoadTrip
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 08:25 AM

Anyone now the key Tom Paxton played this in?

Also, key for Doc Watson's "Alberta"... Thanks

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
From: DonMeixner
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 08:41 AM

"Bound For The Mountains and The Sea" is in the Tom PaxtonSonbook "Ramblin' Boy". I'll dig it up when I get home from work.

"Alberta" I am clueless of.

Don

Subject: Chords Add: BOUND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA
From: Kernow John
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 02:58 PM

Here you are Road Trip

(C)If you can't come along love, then you must stay behind
(G7)You're bound to say farewell to (C)me
I must bid you goodbye though I (F)hate to see you (C)cry
But I'm (G7) bound for the mountains and the (C)sea
Fare thee well for I'm (G7) bound for the mountains and the (C)sea

Regards
John

Subject: RE: Chord Req: Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
From: Kernow John
Date: 11 Mar 03 - 03:00 PM

Now why didn't I just answer the question?
Answer: I didn't read it right.

I was always the same with exams!

John

Subject: Tune Req: Bound for the mountains and the sea
From: GUEST,Paranoid Android
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 06:42 AM

I used the sing this Tom Paxton song back in the 60's, now I can't even remember the "air" of the tune. Can someone supply the basic notes of the verse (or a midi-file) to refresh my failing mind. Thank you.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Bound for the mountains and the sea
From: Zany Mouse
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 07:20 AM

Hi PA

Great song - I know it well. Sadly I can't do the notation but I'll get Mick to do this later, unless someone else can leap in and help. I'll check later in the day.

Rhiannon

Subject: Tune Add: BOUND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 07:52 AM

I haven't sung this for many years, but here's more or less what I sing. I'm open to corrections on this, but it may be enough to jog your memory anyway. (For anyone who's looking, the words are in the DT).

Mick

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X: 1
T:Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
M:C
L:1/8
C:Tom Paxton
K:C
G|CC E< F G> G- GE|CC EF/G/- G4|
w:If you can't come al-ong love_ then you must stay be-hind_
zD D> D D> D EF|G3 z
w:You're bound to say fare-well to me
G|EE EF/G/- G> A- AG|F>F GF E3
w:I must bid you good-bye_ though_ I hate to see you cry
C|D2 DD/D/ DE D> C|C2 EF/G/- G3
w:But I'm bound for the moun-tains and the sea, fare thee well_
E|D2 DD/D/ DE D> C|C3 z||
w:For I'm bound for the moun-tains and the sea.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Bound for the mountains and the sea
From: GUEST,ClaireBear
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 02:30 PM

I'm not good at this kind of notation, but the way I sing it at least (and I THINK I am using the original tune)...

I believe last note in the second line "me" should be E, not G.

In the third line, I think "bid" (the 2nd E) should be a C, and "see you cry" is G-F-E3 rather than F-G-E3.

In the fourth line, I think the first "the (before "mountains" should be a C, and the second one (before "sea") should be a low B.

Lovely song. Thanks for reminding me.

Claire

Subject: Tune Add: BOUND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 03:34 PM

Thanks for that Claire. They sound OK to me, except your suggestion for the 3rd line: G-F-E3, is what I have already; did you mean something different? I've incorporated the other changes into the version below.

Mick

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X: 1
T:Bound For The Mountains And The Sea
M:C
L:1/8
C:Tom Paxton
N:ClaireBear's mods
K:C
G|CC E< F G> G- GE|CC EF/G/- G4|
w:If you can't come al-ong love_ then you must stay be-hind_
zD D> D D> D EF|E3 z
w:You're bound to say fare-well to me
G|EC EF/G/- G> A- AG|F>F GF E3
w:I must bid you good-bye_ though_ I hate to see you cry
C|D2 DD/C/ DE D> B,|C2 EF/G/- G3
w:But I'm bound for the moun-tains and the sea, fare thee well_
E|D2 DD/D/ DE D> C|C3 z||
w:For I'm bound for the moun-tains and the sea.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Bound for the mountains and the sea
From: GUEST,ClaireBear
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 04:23 PM

Right you are -- sorry about that. I did warn you I wasn't very good at reading this notation, but I don't know how I managed to read that backwards.

Subject: RE: Tune Req: Bound for the mountains and the sea
From: GUEST,Paranoid Androrid
Date: 24 Jun 05 - 09:46 PM

Thanks everyone.(2.45am Dublin time so I'll have to be very quiet playing this)

Subject: DT Lyrics:: Bound for the Mountains and the Sea
From: Joe Offer
Date: 13 Feb 23 - 06:36 PM

BOUND FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA (DT Lyrics)
(Tom Paxton)

If you can't come along, Love, then you must stay behind
You're bound to say farewell to me
I must bid you goodbye, though I hate to see you cry
But I'm bound for the mountains and the sea
Fare thee well, for I'm bound for the mountains and the sea

It's so hard to explain, why I'm leaving once again
It's nothing that I haven't done before
It ain't much, I guess, but the thing I love the best
Is rambling this land from shore to shore
In this land, rambling this land from shore to shore

I have walked, I have thumbed, I've rode buses, I've rode trains
I've ridden a time or two in a silver plane
When I think of where I've been, I just have to go again
Just to see if everything is still the same
In this land, just to see if everything is still the same

So it's fare thee well, my dear, and I must be on my way
There's many a thing I want to do and see
I'm a mighty restless man in a mighty restless land
And I'm bound for the mountains and the sea
I'm bound for the mountains and the sea

@travel
Copyright Tom Paxton
recorded by Paxton
filename[ MOUNTSEA
SOF

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2b6BvD8NMtY (not exactly the same as the DT lyrics)

Live performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3D5DM834F4

Subject: RE: Chords:Bound for the Mountains and the Sea(Paxton)
From: GerryM
Date: 14 Feb 23 - 06:08 AM

"not exactly the same as the DT lyrics"

Right. I made a point of listening to the original recording, and here's what I have.
Mostly unimportant differences, but I think in verse 3, line 1, the difference between
"thumbed" and "bummed" is worth noting.

If you can't come along, love, you must stay behind
You're bound to say farewell to me
I must bid you goodbye, though I hate to see you cry
But I'm bound for the mountains and the sea
Fare thee well, bound for the mountains and the sea

It's so hard to explain, why I'm leaving once again
It ain't nothing that I haven't done before
It ain't nothing much, I guess, but the thing I love the best
Is rambling this land from shore to shore
In this land, rambling this land from shore to shore

I have walked, I have bummed, I've rode buses, I've rode trains
I've ridden a time or two in a silver plane
When I think of where I've been, I just have to go again
Just to see if everything is still the same
In this land, see if everything is still the same

So fare well, my dear, and I must be on my way
There's many a thing that I must do and see
I'm a mighty restless man in a mighty restless land
And I'm bound for the mountains and the sea
Fare thee well, bound for the mountains and the sea