John Denver & Emmylou Harris - Wild Montana Skies Chords

[D] _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _ He was born in the Bitterroot [G] Valley
In the early [D] morning rain
Wild geese over the water
Headin' north and [A] home again
[D] Bringin' a warm wind from the south
[Gm] Bringin' the first [D] taste of the spring
His mother took him to her [A] breast
[E] Softly [D] she did sing
[G] Oh, _ [A] _ [D] Montana, give this child a home
[G] Give him a love [A] of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give [G] him a fire in [A] his heart
Give [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give [D] him the wild wind, poor brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky
_ [G] His [A] _ [D] _ _
mother died that summer
[G] And he never learned [D] to cry
He never knew his father
And he never did [A] ask why
[D] And he never knew the answer
[G] Was it would make [D] an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
And to [A] be a [D] man that way _ _
His mother's brother took him
[G] Into his [D] family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
And the strength to call [A] his own
[D] And he learned to be a farmer
[G] And he learned to [D] love the land
And he learned to read the seasons
[A] And he learned to [D] make a stand
[G] Oh, _ [A] [D] Montana, give this child a home
[G] Give him a love of a [A] good [D] family
And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a love of a good family
Give him a fire [A] in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind, poor brother
And the _ [A] wild [D] Montana sky
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ On the eve of his 21st birthday
[G] He set out [D] on his own
He was 30 years and running
When he found his way [A] back home
Riding [D] a storm across the [G] mountains
And an [D] aching in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
[A] And to make a brand [D] new start
Now he never told the [G] story
Of the time [D] that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer
Some say he [A] was a John
[D] There was something in the city
[G] That he said [D] he couldn't breathe
There was something in the country
That he [A] said he [D] couldn't leave
[G] Oh, _ [A] Montana, [D] give this child a home
Give [G] him a love of [A] a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a [A] fire in his heart
[D] Give him a [G] light in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind, poor brother
[A] And the wild Montana [D]
sky
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_ _ _ [A] Now _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ some say he was crazy
[G] Some are [D] glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him
We'll try to [A] carry on
[D] Giving a voice to the forest
[G] Giving a voice to [D] the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
And the land that he lived on
[G] Oh, _ [A] Montana, [D] give this child a home
[G] Give him a love [A] of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a [A] fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind, poor brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky
_ [G] Oh, [A] Montana, [D] give this child a home
[G] Give him a love [A] of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give [G] him a fire in [A] his heart
Give him [D] a light in [G] his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind, poor brother
And [A] the wild _ _ Montana _ _ [D] sky
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