Chords for John Denver sings Rocky Mountain High on The Tonight Show, 1972

[Em] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ [G#] _ [Em] Young songwriters and performers working today.
This is his _ [N] current album, Rocky Mountain
High, which is in the top 20 or 25 albums on the Billboard charts.
Would you welcome
please, John Denver.
John.
_ [E] _ He _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] [E] was born in the summer [F#m] of his _ [D] 27th [B] year, _ [E] coming home to a place he'd [F#m] never been before. _
_ He [E] left yesterday _ behind him, you [F#m] might say he was born [D]
again.
[B] _ [E] Might say he found the
key for [F#m] every door. _ _
_ _ [E] When he first came to the mountains, _ [F#m] his life was far [D]
away, [B] on [E] the
road and hanging [F#m] by a saw. _ _ _
_ But [E] the string's already broken [F#m] and he doesn't really [D] _
[B] care.
[E] It keeps changing fast and it don't [F#m] last _ long. _ _
_ [A] But the _ Colorado [B] _ _
_ [E] _ fire, _ _ _ _
_ [A] I've seen it rain [B] and
fire in the [E] _ sky. _ _ _
_ [A] _ Shadow [B] from the _ starlight [E] is softer than a [B] _ lullaby.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ Rocky [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [E] Mountain High, _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ the cathedral mountains, he [F#m] saw silver clouds [D] below.
[B] He [E] saw everything as far as you [F#m] can
see. _
_ [A] _ _ _ And they [E] say that he got crazy once [F#m] and he tried to touch the [D] sun.
[B] _ [E] And he lost a friend
who kept his [F#m] memory. _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] Now he walks in quiet _ solitude, [F#m] the forest and the [D] streams, [B] seeking
[E] _ grace in every step [F#m] he _ takes.
[A] _ _ _ [E] His sight is turned inside _ [F#m] himself to try and _ [D] understand
[B] _ [E] the serenity of the clear blue [F#m] mountain plain.
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] I've seen it rain [B] and fire [E] in the _ sky.
_ _ _ [A] You
can talk and [B] gossip, listen [E] to the casual _
_ [B] reply. _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Rocky Mountain [E] High _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ is full of wonder, _
[F#m] but his heart still knows [D] some [B] fear [E] of the simple _ thing he cannot _ [F#m] comprehend.
_ _ [A] _ _ [B] _
Why they
[E] _ tear the mountains [F#m] down, bringing a couple [D] more, [B] _
[E] more people, more stars upon the [F#m] land.
_ _ _ [B] _
[A] And the _ Colorado [B] Rocky Mountain [E] _ High, _ _ _ _
_ [A] I've seen it rain [B] and fire [E] in the _ sky. _ _ _
_ [A] I know he'd
_ _ [B] _ _
_ [E] never seen an eagle [A] fly.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Rocky Mountain [E] High, _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Colorado [B] _ Rocky Mountain [E] High, _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] I've seen it
rain [B] and fire in [E] the sky.
_ _ _ _ [A] _ Friends [B] around and can't [E] fly, and _ _ [A] everybody's high. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Rocky Mountain _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ High, Rocky Mountain [E] High, _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ Rocky [E] Mountain _ _ High, _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ Rocky Mountain [E] High. _ _ _ _ _
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