Chords for John Denver - Wild Montana Skies (from The Wildlife Concert)

[D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [A] _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ He was born in the Bitterroot Valley [G] in the early [D] morning rain
While he's over the water head north and [G] home [A] again [D] bringing a warm wind from the south
Bringing [G] the first taste of [D] the spring his mother took him to a breast softly.
She did sing _ [G]
Oh
_ [A] Montana [D] give this child a home give him [G] a [A] love of a good family [D] and a woman of his own
Give him [G] a fire [A] in his heart.
Give him [D] a light [G] in his eyes.
[D] Give him the wild wind for brother [A] and the
_ Montana [D] sky
_ [G] _ [D] His _ mother died that summer [G] and he never [D] learned to cry he never knew his father
But he never did [A] ask why [D] and he never knew the answers [G] that would make an [D] easy way
But he learned to know the [Em] wilderness [A] and to be a man [D] that way _
His mother's brother took him [G] into his family [D] at his home gave him a hand and he could lead
All the [A] strength to call his own [D] and he learned to be a farmer [G] and he learned [D] to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons and [A] he learned to [D] make his _ [G] stand
_ _ [A] _ [D] Give this child a home
[G] Of [A] a good family [D] and a woman of his own give him [G] a [A] fire in his heart
Give him [D] a light [G] in his eyes.
[D] Give him the wild winds for brother and the _ [A] wild [D] Montana sky
_ _ [G] [D] On _ the eve of his 21st [G] birthday, he set out on [D] his own
He was 30 years and running when he found his [A] way back home [D] riding a storm across the mountains [G] and an aching in [D] his heart
Said he came to turn the [Bm] pages [A] and make a [D] brand new start
Now we never told the [G] story the time that [D] he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer some say was the John there was something in the city [G] that he said he [D] couldn't breathe
Something in the country [A] that he said he [D] couldn't leave _ [G] _ _ [A] Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give [G] him a _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _
[G] fire [A] in his heart
_ [D] _ [G] _ [D] Now _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [G] [D] some _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
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said he was crazy [G] some are [D] glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him will 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 [G] and the [A] land that we [D] live on _ [G] Oh
_ [A] Montana [D] give this child a home give him [G] a love of a [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 him [D] the wild
in the [A] _ wild Montana [D] sky
_ [G] _ _ [A] _
[D] Give this child a home
_ [G] _ _ [A]
Give him a love of a good family [D] and a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire in his [A] heart.
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes.
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother [A] in the wild _ _ _ _ [D] Montana sky
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