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Rocky Mountain High

John Denver
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D-DU-UDU
Up  in a meadow in Jasper,  Alberta
 Two men,  four ponies on a long  lonesome ride.
 To see  the high country and learn  of its people,
 The ways  that they lived there, the ways  that they died.
And  one is a teacher, and  one a  beginner,
 Just  wanting to be there, just  wanting to know.
 And together  they’re trying to tell  us a story
 That should  have been listened to long,  long ago.
 How the life  in the mountains is living  in danger
 From too  many people,  too many  machines.
 And the time  is upon us, now  is forever,
 Tomorrow  is just  one of yesterday’s dreams.
Cold  nights in Canada, icy blue winds.
 The man and the mountains are brothers  again.
 Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the sky.
 The Rockies  are living, they never will die.
Up  in a meadow . . .

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Readable chord sheet for Rocky Mountain High by John Denver

[D]Up in a meadow in J[G]asper, Al[A]berta
Two [D]men, four ponies on a [C]long lonesome [A]ride.
To [D]see the high country and l[G]earn of its p[A]eople,
The [D]ways that they lived there, the [C]ways that they [A]died.

[D]And one is a teacher, [G]and one a[A] beginner,
Just[D] wanting to be there, just[C] wanting to [A]know.
And [D]together they’re trying to [G]tell us a [A]story
That [D]should have been listened to [C]long, long [A]ago.

How the [G]life in the mountains is [D]living in danger
From [C]too many [G]people, too [Em]many machine[A]s.
And the [G]time is upon us, [D]now is forever,
To[C]morrow is j[G]ust one of [Em]yesterday’s [A]dreams.  [A7]

[D]Cold nights in Canada, icy blue [A]winds.
The man and the mountains are b[A7]rothers a[D]gain.
Clear waters are laughing, they sing to the [A]sky.   [A7]
The [A]Rockies are living, they never will [D]die.    [A]

[D]Up in a meadow  . . .

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