Johnny Cash - To The Shining Mountains: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "To The Shining Mountains" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

B
Yes, went they through the Lehigh Valley
To Lake Erie past Virginia
And the land called out its challenge
Bring your men to match our mountains
See the green Ohio Valley
See the Cumberland, the Wabash
On the Tennessee they floated
On great rafts to the Mississippi
              E
And the Cherokee and Shawnee
          B
And the Creek and The Ojibwa
And the Choctaw and the Quapaw
And all the tribes along the rivers
Incomprehensible that they were coming
           E
That the white man was upon them
B
They built their homes along the rivers
Built their churches, brought their preachers
Came upon the white misery
Stopped before the shining mountains

B
Many died from the beginning
For the freedom of America
Like that day down in New Orleans


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

E

Guitar chord E

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "To The Shining Mountains" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "To The Shining Mountains" by Johnny Cash.

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