BPM: 120
Released: 1984
Album: The International Tracks
Capo: No
Intro
N.C.
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro!
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C]
Verse 1
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
All my heart is yearning,
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
Like a candle burning in the night,
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
Seasons keep on turning,
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
Sometimes hard to keep up the fight.
Pre-Chorus
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
I will climb the ancient mountain,
[G] [D] [C] [D]
I will find the last flicker of the light.
Chorus
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I can see a new tomorrow,
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I cast away all my sorrows.
Interlude
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G]
Verse 3
[D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
What a strange, strange freedom,
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
Only free to choose my chains,
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
So hard not to weaken-,
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
Just give up and walk away.
Pre-Chorus
[G] [D] [C] [D] [Am/C]
I will climb the ancient mountain,
[G] [D] [C] [D]
I will find the last flicker of the light.
Chorus
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I can see a new tomorrow, (oh follow me up),
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I cast away all my sorrows, (oh follow me up),
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
It thrills me right down to the marrow, (oh follow me up),
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I can see a new tomorrow.
Instrumental
[G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
[Am/C] [G] [D] [C] [D]
Bridge
[G] [D] [C] [D] [G]
Am, am, am, ho, am, am, am, ho, am
[D] [C] [D] [G]
Am, am, am, ho, am, am, am, ho, am
[D] [C] [D] [G]
Am, am, am, ho, am, am, am, ho, am
[D] [C]
Am, am, am, ho, am.
Chorus
[Em] [Bm] [D6] [Bm]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[C] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Em] [Bm] [D6] [Bm]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[C] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro.
[Em] [Bm] [D6] [Bm]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[C] [Bm] [C] [D]
I can see a new tomorrow.
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I cast away all my sorrows, (oh follow me up),
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
It thrills me right down to the marrow, (oh follow me up),
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I can see a new tomorrow, (follow me up).
Outro
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I can see a new tomorrow, (oh follow me up),
[Em] [Bm] [C] [D]
I'm sittin' on the top of Kilimanjaro,
[Am] [Bm] [C] [D]
I cast away all my sorrows, (oh follow me up),
(Fade Out)
