Wild Montana Skies
John DenverVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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D He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the G early morning
(
)rain
D Wild geese over the water, heading north and home A again
Bringin' a D warm wind from the south, bringin' the G first taste
of the D spring
His mother took him to her breast and A softly she did D sing
(
)Oh, (
)Montana, (
)give this child
(
)home
Give him the G love of a good A family and a D woman
of his D7 own
Give him a G fire in his A heart, give him a D light
in his G eyes
Give him the D wild wind for a brother and the A wild
Montana (
)skies
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) (
) (
) (
)
D His mother died that summer and he G never learned to D cry
D He never knew his father and he never did ask A why
He D never knew the answers that would G make an easy D way
But he learned to know the wilderness and to A be a man that
(
)way
His mother's brother took him in to his G family and his D home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his
(
)own
And he D learned to be a farmer and he G learned to love the
(
)land
And he learned to read the seasons and he A learned to make a
(
)stand
(
) (
) (
) (
)
D On the eve of his 21st birthday, he G set out on his D own
D He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back A home
Ridin' a D storm across the mountains and in G achin' in his
(
)heart
Said he came to turn the pages and to A make a brand new D start
Now he never told the story of the G time that he was D gone
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a A john
There was D something in the city that he G said he couldn't
(
)breathe
There was something in the country that he A said he couldn't
(
)leave
(
) (
) (
) (
)
D Now some say he was crazy and G some are glad he's D gone
D But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry A on
Giving a D voice to the forest, giving a G voice to the D dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the A land that he lived
(
)on
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Readable chord sheet for Wild Montana Skies by John Denver
[D]) (
[G]) (
[A]) (
[D])
D He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the G early morning
(
[D])rain
D Wild geese over the water, heading north and home A again
Bringin' a D warm wind from the south, bringin' the G first taste
of the D spring
His mother took him to her breast and A softly she did D sing
(
[G])Oh, (
[A])Montana, (
[D])give this child
[A] (
[D7])home
Give him the G love of a good A family and a D woman
of his D7 own
Give him a G fire in his A heart, give him a D light
in his G eyes
Give him the D wild wind for a brother and the A wild
Montana (
[D])skies
(
[D]) (
[G]) (
[A]) (
[D])
D His mother died that summer and he G never learned to D cry
D He never knew his father and he never did ask A why
He D never knew the answers that would G make an easy D way
But he learned to know the wilderness and to A be a man that
(
[D])way
His mother's brother took him in to his G family and his D home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his
(
[A])own
And he D learned to be a farmer and he G learned to love the
(
[D])land
And he learned to read the seasons and he A learned to make a
(
[D])stand
(
[D]) (
[G]) (
[A]) (
[D])
D On the eve of his 21st birthday, he G set out on his D own
D He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back A home
Ridin' a D storm across the mountains and in G achin' in his
(
[D])heart
Said he came to turn the pages and to A make a brand new D start
Now he never told the story of the G time that he was D gone
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a A john
There was D something in the city that he G said he couldn't
(
[D])breathe
There was something in the country that he A said he couldn't
(
[D])leave
(
[D]) (
[G]) (
[A]) (
[D])
D Now some say he was crazy and G some are glad he's D gone
D But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry A on
Giving a D voice to the forest, giving a G voice to the D dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the A land that he lived
(
[D])on