Montana Chords by Dave Stamey
Tempo:
103.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
C#m
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [A]
[E] [A]
[B] When [E] I was a kid, the [A] snow would drift high [B] on the [E] barn.
[A]
[E] Before daylight broke, [A] I'd be out with a bucket [E] on my arm.
[A]
[B] And [C#m] the cattle would wash [B] through the dark and the cold,
[C#m] With steam in their [B] breath and ice in their coats.
[A] The snow beneath my [B] boots would litter and squeak
[A] Over bones of the buffalo [B] buried so [G#m] deep.
[B]
[E] Montana, [A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
[C#m]
[A] No matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
[A] When I look [E] inside, [B] I see [E] Montana.
[A] [E]
[A] [E] He took us up there [A] where he said a man still had a [E] chance.
[A]
[E] To the alkali flats and [A] the mud of a hard [E] scrubbing ranch.
[A]
[C#m] My mother's mouth [B] got thin and hard,
And a [C#m] sage grew up [B] round the edge of the yard.
[A] I learned how to cuss and [B] how to spit like a man.
[A] I learned the way [B] dreams could slip through your hands.
[E] Montana,
[A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
[G#m]
[C#m] No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
[A] When I look [E] inside, [B] I see
[E] Montana.
[A]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] Summers we'd wait in [A] the ditch by the old county [E] road.
[A] [E] And the birds would flutter [A] and shriek from the telephone [E] pole.
[A] [G#m] Do [C#m] the wind in the [B] cottonwoods, soft and low.
[C#m] We heard the ghosts [B] of the Sioux and the Crow.
[A] So much left unsaid [B]
between father and son.
[A] We packed up and left [B] there in 71.
[E] Montana, [A] my father gave [E] me Montana.
[C#m] No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
[A] When I look [E] inside, [B] I see [E] Montana.
[A] My father gave me [E]
[B] Montana.
[C#m] [A] And all I am, [G#m] all I'll ever be,
[A] Comes from this gift [E] he [B] gave to me.
[E] Montana,
[A] [E] Montana.
[A] [B]
[N]
[E] [A]
[B] When [E] I was a kid, the [A] snow would drift high [B] on the [E] barn.
[A]
[E] Before daylight broke, [A] I'd be out with a bucket [E] on my arm.
[A]
[B] And [C#m] the cattle would wash [B] through the dark and the cold,
[C#m] With steam in their [B] breath and ice in their coats.
[A] The snow beneath my [B] boots would litter and squeak
[A] Over bones of the buffalo [B] buried so [G#m] deep.
[B]
[E] Montana, [A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
[C#m]
[A] No matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
[A] When I look [E] inside, [B] I see [E] Montana.
[A] [E]
[A] [E] He took us up there [A] where he said a man still had a [E] chance.
[A]
[E] To the alkali flats and [A] the mud of a hard [E] scrubbing ranch.
[A]
[C#m] My mother's mouth [B] got thin and hard,
And a [C#m] sage grew up [B] round the edge of the yard.
[A] I learned how to cuss and [B] how to spit like a man.
[A] I learned the way [B] dreams could slip through your hands.
[E] Montana,
[A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
[G#m]
[C#m] No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
[A] When I look [E] inside, [B] I see
[E] Montana.
[A]
[E] [A]
[B] [E] Summers we'd wait in [A] the ditch by the old county [E] road.
[A] [E] And the birds would flutter [A] and shriek from the telephone [E] pole.
[A] [G#m] Do [C#m] the wind in the [B] cottonwoods, soft and low.
[C#m] We heard the ghosts [B] of the Sioux and the Crow.
[A] So much left unsaid [B]
between father and son.
[A] We packed up and left [B] there in 71.
[E] Montana, [A] my father gave [E] me Montana.
[C#m] No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
[A] When I look [E] inside, [B] I see [E] Montana.
[A] My father gave me [E]
[B] Montana.
[C#m] [A] And all I am, [G#m] all I'll ever be,
[A] Comes from this gift [E] he [B] gave to me.
[E] Montana,
[A] [E] Montana.
[A] [B]
[N]
Key:
A
E
B
C#m
G#m
A
E
B
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] When [E] I was a kid, the [A] snow would drift high [B] on the [E] barn.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] Before daylight broke, [A] I'd be out with a bucket [E] on my arm.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] And [C#m] the cattle would wash [B] through the dark and the cold,
[C#m] With steam in their [B] breath and ice in their coats.
[A] The snow beneath my [B] boots would litter and squeak
[A] Over bones of the buffalo [B] buried so [G#m] deep.
[B] _ _ _ _
[E] Montana, _ _ [A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
_ [C#m] _ _ _
[A] No matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me. _
_ [A] When I look _ [E] inside, [B] I see _ _ _ _ _ [E] Montana.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] He took us up there [A] where he said a man still had a [E] chance.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] To the alkali flats and [A] the mud of a hard [E] scrubbing ranch.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C#m] My mother's mouth [B] got thin and hard,
And a [C#m] sage grew up [B] round the edge of the yard.
[A] I learned how to cuss and [B] how to spit like a man.
[A] I learned the way [B] dreams could slip through your hands.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ Montana, _
[A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
[G#m] _
[C#m] _ _ No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
_ [A] _ When I look [E] inside, [B] I see _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Montana.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ [E] Summers we'd wait in [A] the ditch by the old county [E] road. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] And the birds would flutter [A] and shriek from the telephone [E] pole. _ _
[A] _ _ [G#m] Do [C#m] the wind in the [B] cottonwoods, soft and low.
[C#m] We heard the ghosts [B] of the Sioux and the Crow.
[A] So much left unsaid [B]
between father and son.
[A] We packed up and left [B] there in 71. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Montana, _ _ [A] my father gave [E] me Montana.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me. _
[A] _ When I look [E] inside, [B] I see _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Montana.
_ _ [A] My father gave me [E]
[B] Montana.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] And all I am, [G#m] all I'll ever be,
[A] Comes from this gift [E] he [B] gave to me. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Montana, _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ Montana. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[B] When [E] I was a kid, the [A] snow would drift high [B] on the [E] barn.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [E] Before daylight broke, [A] I'd be out with a bucket [E] on my arm.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ [B] And [C#m] the cattle would wash [B] through the dark and the cold,
[C#m] With steam in their [B] breath and ice in their coats.
[A] The snow beneath my [B] boots would litter and squeak
[A] Over bones of the buffalo [B] buried so [G#m] deep.
[B] _ _ _ _
[E] Montana, _ _ [A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
_ [C#m] _ _ _
[A] No matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me. _
_ [A] When I look _ [E] inside, [B] I see _ _ _ _ _ [E] Montana.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] He took us up there [A] where he said a man still had a [E] chance.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[E] To the alkali flats and [A] the mud of a hard [E] scrubbing ranch.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C#m] My mother's mouth [B] got thin and hard,
And a [C#m] sage grew up [B] round the edge of the yard.
[A] I learned how to cuss and [B] how to spit like a man.
[A] I learned the way [B] dreams could slip through your hands.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ Montana, _
[A] my father gave me [E] Montana.
[G#m] _
[C#m] _ _ No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me.
_ [A] _ When I look [E] inside, [B] I see _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] Montana.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [B] _ [E] Summers we'd wait in [A] the ditch by the old county [E] road. _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [E] And the birds would flutter [A] and shriek from the telephone [E] pole. _ _
[A] _ _ [G#m] Do [C#m] the wind in the [B] cottonwoods, soft and low.
[C#m] We heard the ghosts [B] of the Sioux and the Crow.
[A] So much left unsaid [B]
between father and son.
[A] We packed up and left [B] there in 71. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] Montana, _ _ [A] my father gave [E] me Montana.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ No [A] matter where I go, [G#m] it carries me. _
[A] _ When I look [E] inside, [B] I see _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Montana.
_ _ [A] My father gave me [E]
[B] Montana.
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [A] And all I am, [G#m] all I'll ever be,
[A] Comes from this gift [E] he [B] gave to me. _
_ _ _ _ [E] Montana, _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ Montana. _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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