Chords for John Denver: Wild Montana Skies
Tempo:
106.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
A
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [A] [D] He was born in the Bitterroot Valley
[G] In the early [D] morning rain
Wild geese over the water
Headin' north and [A] home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south
Bringin' [D] the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
[E] Softly she did [D] sing
[G] Oh, Montana
[D] Give this child a home
[G] Give him a love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire [A] in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky
[A] [D]
His mother died that summer
And he never learned to cry
He never knew his father
And he never [A] did ask [Em] why
And he never knew the answer
[D] So he'd make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
And [A] to be a man [D] that way
His mother's brother
Took him [G] into his family [D] and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
And the strength to [A] call his own
[D] And he learned to be a farmer
[G] And he learned to love the [D] land
And he learned to read the seasons
[A] And he learned to [D] make a stand
[G] [A] Oh, 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 [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild [D] Montana sky
[A] [D]
On the eve of his 21st birthday
[G] He set out on [D] his own
He was 30 years and running
When he found his [A] way back home
Riding a storm across the mountains
[G] And an aching [D] in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
And [A] to make a brand [D] new start
Now he never told the story
[G] The time that [D] he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer
Some [G] say he was [A] a John
[D] There was something in the city
[G] That he said he [D] couldn't breathe
There was something in the country
[A] That he said he [D] couldn't leave [G] Oh, [A] Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give him [G] a love of a [A] good family
And [D] a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild Montana [D] sky
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
Now some say he was crazy
Some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him
We'll try to carry on
[A] Giving a voice to the forest
Giving [G] a voice to [D] the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
And the land that he lived on [G] Oh, Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give [G] him a love of [A] a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give him [G] a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky Oh, [G] [A] [D] Montana
Give this child a home
Give him a [A] love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give [G] him a fire in his heart
[A] Give [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild [D] Montana sky
[G] In the early [D] morning rain
Wild geese over the water
Headin' north and [A] home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south
Bringin' [D] the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
[E] Softly she did [D] sing
[G] Oh, Montana
[D] Give this child a home
[G] Give him a love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire [A] in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky
[A] [D]
His mother died that summer
And he never learned to cry
He never knew his father
And he never [A] did ask [Em] why
And he never knew the answer
[D] So he'd make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
And [A] to be a man [D] that way
His mother's brother
Took him [G] into his family [D] and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
And the strength to [A] call his own
[D] And he learned to be a farmer
[G] And he learned to love the [D] land
And he learned to read the seasons
[A] And he learned to [D] make a stand
[G] [A] Oh, 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 [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild [D] Montana sky
[A] [D]
On the eve of his 21st birthday
[G] He set out on [D] his own
He was 30 years and running
When he found his [A] way back home
Riding a storm across the mountains
[G] And an aching [D] in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
And [A] to make a brand [D] new start
Now he never told the story
[G] The time that [D] he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer
Some [G] say he was [A] a John
[D] There was something in the city
[G] That he said he [D] couldn't breathe
There was something in the country
[A] That he said he [D] couldn't leave [G] Oh, [A] Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give him [G] a love of a [A] good family
And [D] a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild Montana [D] sky
[A] [D]
[G] [D]
Now some say he was crazy
Some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him
We'll try to carry on
[A] Giving a voice to the forest
Giving [G] a voice to [D] the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
And the land that he lived on [G] Oh, Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give [G] him a love of [A] a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give him [G] a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky Oh, [G] [A] [D] Montana
Give this child a home
Give him a [A] love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give [G] him a fire in his heart
[A] Give [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild [D] Montana sky
Key:
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A
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ [D] He was born in the Bitterroot Valley
[G] In the early [D] morning rain
Wild geese over the water
Headin' north and [A] home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south
Bringin' [D] the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
[E] Softly she did [D] sing _
[G] _ Oh, Montana
[D] Give this child a home
[G] Give him a love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire [A] in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
His mother died that summer
And he never learned to cry
He never knew his father
And he never [A] did ask [Em] why
And he never knew the answer
[D] So he'd make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
And [A] to be a man [D] that way
His mother's brother
Took him [G] into his family [D] and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
And the strength to [A] call his own
[D] And he learned to be a farmer
[G] And he learned to love the [D] land
And he learned to read the seasons
[A] And he learned to [D] make a stand
_ [G] _ [A] Oh, 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 [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild [D] Montana sky
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
On the eve of his 21st birthday
[G] He set out on [D] his own
He was 30 years and running
When he found his [A] way back home
Riding a storm across the mountains
[G] And an aching [D] in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
And [A] to make a brand [D] new start
Now he never told the story
[G] The time that [D] he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer
Some [G] say he was [A] a John
[D] There was something in the city
[G] That he said he [D] couldn't breathe
There was something in the country
[A] That he said he [D] couldn't leave [G] Oh, [A] Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give him [G] a love of a [A] good family
And [D] a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild Montana [D] sky _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now some say he was crazy
Some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him
We'll try to carry on
[A] Giving a voice to the forest
Giving [G] a voice to [D] the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
And the land that he lived on [G] Oh, Montana
_ [D] Give this child a home
Give [G] him a love of [A] a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give him [G] a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the _ wild [D] Montana sky Oh, [G] _ _ [A] [D] Montana
Give this child a home
Give him a [A] love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give [G] him a fire in his heart
[A] Give [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild _ _ _ [D] Montana sky _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] In the early [D] morning rain
Wild geese over the water
Headin' north and [A] home again
Bringin' a warm wind from the south
Bringin' [D] the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
[E] Softly she did [D] sing _
[G] _ Oh, Montana
[D] Give this child a home
[G] Give him a love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire [A] in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild [D] Montana sky
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
His mother died that summer
And he never learned to cry
He never knew his father
And he never [A] did ask [Em] why
And he never knew the answer
[D] So he'd make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
And [A] to be a man [D] that way
His mother's brother
Took him [G] into his family [D] and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
And the strength to [A] call his own
[D] And he learned to be a farmer
[G] And he learned to love the [D] land
And he learned to read the seasons
[A] And he learned to [D] make a stand
_ [G] _ [A] Oh, 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 [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild [D] Montana sky
_ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
On the eve of his 21st birthday
[G] He set out on [D] his own
He was 30 years and running
When he found his [A] way back home
Riding a storm across the mountains
[G] And an aching [D] in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
And [A] to make a brand [D] new start
Now he never told the story
[G] The time that [D] he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer
Some [G] say he was [A] a John
[D] There was something in the city
[G] That he said he [D] couldn't breathe
There was something in the country
[A] That he said he [D] couldn't leave [G] Oh, [A] Montana
[D] Give this child a home
Give him [G] a love of a [A] good family
And [D] a woman of his own
[G] Give him a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
[D] Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the wild Montana [D] sky _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now some say he was crazy
Some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him
We'll try to carry on
[A] Giving a voice to the forest
Giving [G] a voice to [D] the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
And the land that he lived on [G] Oh, Montana
_ [D] Give this child a home
Give [G] him a love of [A] a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give him [G] a fire in his heart
[D] Give him a light [G] in his eyes
Give him the wild wind for a brother
[A] And the _ wild [D] Montana sky Oh, [G] _ _ [A] [D] Montana
Give this child a home
Give him a [A] love of a good family
[D] And a woman of his own
Give [G] him a fire in his heart
[A] Give [D] him a light in [G] his eyes
Give him [D] the wild wind for a brother
And [A] the wild _ _ _ [D] Montana sky _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _