Chords for How To Play John Denver Rocky Mountain High (intro only)
Tempo:
120.4 bpm
Chords used:
E
B
F#m
F
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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We'll cap out at fret 2 for Rocky Mountain High and we're in drop D tuning.
take your 6 string and tune it down from your tuner will say F sharp
Now with the D chord we're effectively in
playing chord shapes as if in the key of D, technically in the key of
And we'll follow the tab as we go through this one because there are a couple of tricky
starting with the introduction one which sounds like this.
[F#m]
[E]
take your 6 string and tune it down from your tuner will say F sharp
Now with the D chord we're effectively in
playing chord shapes as if in the key of D, technically in the key of
And we'll follow the tab as we go through this one because there are a couple of tricky
starting with the introduction one which sounds like this.
[F#m]
[E]
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E
B
F#m
F
G#m
E
B
F#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ We'll cap out at fret 2 for Rocky Mountain High and we're in drop D tuning.
So [F] with your capo on, take your 6 string and tune it down from your tuner will say F sharp
to start with, tune it down till it says E.
_ [E]
Now with the D chord we're effectively in
drop D tuning, playing chord shapes as if in the key of D, technically in the key of
E.
And we'll follow the tab as we go through this one because there are a couple of tricky
little licks, starting with the introduction one which sounds like this. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ So start with a normal D chord shape, you want to play 6 and then strum [E] down up _ _ _ on the
high strings.
_ Then you want [D] to pick the 3rd string and [D#] hammer from the 2nd fret where
it already is to the 4th [G#m] fret with your little finger and then down up again, leave that
little finger down as you [E] strum down up, _ _ back to pick the 3rd [B] string at the 2nd fret, still
holding that D chord shape.
[D#] Then hammer the 4th string from open to [E] 4th fret, _ _ _ _ back again
to the 3rd string [F] 2nd fret as the little finger comes [B] away and now pick the 4th string at
[G#m] the 4th fret.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
1 and a 2 e [G#m] and a 3 _ and a 4 and. _
_ _ _ [G] Now little finger comes away as we go to bar 2 of the intro and the tab, little finger
away and the [C#]
index finger moves to the 4th string 2nd fret, pick it and pull it off to
open.
[E] _ _ As you pull off all the fingers come away because you're going [F] to hit the 6th string
now and hammer into this shape, 6th and 5th strings at the 2nd [C#m] fret.
_ [E] Better than I just
[F#m] did, like that.
And then down, down up, that's now an E minor chord.
[A] Then we bring this 2
finger shape up to the 5th fret, play 6, down up _ and to the [B] 7th fret, 6, [A] down up.
_ _ _ So
that [F] bar, we come out of the D chord shape, _ [F#] 1 e and [F#m] a 2 and a 3 and [B] a 4 and a.
_ And [D#] the
whole 2 bar lick, the whole 2 bar intro phrase, [E] 1 and a 2 e and a 3 and [G#m] a 4 and.
[E] 1 e [F#m] and a
2 and a 3 and [B] a 4 and a.
And then [E] you repeat it. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ We'll cap out at fret 2 for Rocky Mountain High and we're in drop D tuning.
So [F] with your capo on, take your 6 string and tune it down from your tuner will say F sharp
to start with, tune it down till it says E.
_ [E]
Now with the D chord we're effectively in
drop D tuning, playing chord shapes as if in the key of D, technically in the key of
E.
And we'll follow the tab as we go through this one because there are a couple of tricky
little licks, starting with the introduction one which sounds like this. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ So start with a normal D chord shape, you want to play 6 and then strum [E] down up _ _ _ on the
high strings.
_ Then you want [D] to pick the 3rd string and [D#] hammer from the 2nd fret where
it already is to the 4th [G#m] fret with your little finger and then down up again, leave that
little finger down as you [E] strum down up, _ _ back to pick the 3rd [B] string at the 2nd fret, still
holding that D chord shape.
[D#] Then hammer the 4th string from open to [E] 4th fret, _ _ _ _ back again
to the 3rd string [F] 2nd fret as the little finger comes [B] away and now pick the 4th string at
[G#m] the 4th fret.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
1 and a 2 e [G#m] and a 3 _ and a 4 and. _
_ _ _ [G] Now little finger comes away as we go to bar 2 of the intro and the tab, little finger
away and the [C#]
index finger moves to the 4th string 2nd fret, pick it and pull it off to
open.
[E] _ _ As you pull off all the fingers come away because you're going [F] to hit the 6th string
now and hammer into this shape, 6th and 5th strings at the 2nd [C#m] fret.
_ [E] Better than I just
[F#m] did, like that.
And then down, down up, that's now an E minor chord.
[A] Then we bring this 2
finger shape up to the 5th fret, play 6, down up _ and to the [B] 7th fret, 6, [A] down up.
_ _ _ So
that [F] bar, we come out of the D chord shape, _ [F#] 1 e and [F#m] a 2 and a 3 and [B] a 4 and a.
_ And [D#] the
whole 2 bar lick, the whole 2 bar intro phrase, [E] 1 and a 2 e and a 3 and [G#m] a 4 and.
[E] 1 e [F#m] and a
2 and a 3 and [B] a 4 and a.
And then [E] you repeat it. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F#] _
