Rocky Mountain High

John Denver

Rocky Mountain High chords
John Denver  1972
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_High
 
Capo II *
 
C  Dm  F  2x
 
G7
 
       C                          Dm     A#      G
He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year;
       C                          Dm     F
Coming home to a place he'd never been before
   C
He left yesterday behind him,
          Dm         A#    G
you might say he was born again
          C                      Dm    F
You might say he found a key for every door
 
        C                                Dm       A#   G
When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away;
       C                Dm   F
On the road and hanging by a song
        C                               Dm      A#     G
But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care;
         C                           Dm       F     G
It keeps changing fast, and it don't last for long
 
        F        G              C
But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
     F               G           C
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
    F               G            C             F   G  F
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lul la by
      G        C     Dm     F
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado
      G        C     Dm     F     G7
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado
 
   C                                   Dm     A#       G
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below;
       C                    Dm      F
he saw everything as far as you can see
         C
And they say that he got crazy once,
       Dm       A#        G
and he tried to touch the sun;
       C                 Dm       A#  F
And he lost a friend but kept the memory
 
       C                            Dm      A#      G
Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams;
        C              Dm      F
seeking grace in every step he takes
    C                                  Dm      A#   G
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand;
      C           Dm         A#       F
the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
 
        F        G              C
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
     F               G           C
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
F               G             C   F  G  F
talk to God and listen to the casual re ply
      G        C     Dm     F
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado
      G        C     Dm    F     G7
Rocky Mountain high,   Colorado
 
        C
Now his life is full of wonder,
        Dm          A#         G
but his heart still knows some fear;
     C               Dm     A#    F
of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
         C
Why they try to tear the mountains down,
   Dm         A#     G
To bring in a couple more;
     C            Dm     A#      F
more people, more scars upon the land
 
        F        G              C
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
     F               G           C
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
  F              G                C            F   G  F
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eag le fly
      G        C
Rocky Mountain high
 
        F        G              C
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
     F               G           C
I've seen it raining fire in the sky
F                  G            C     G      F
Friends around the campfire and every body's high
      G        C     Dm     F
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado
      G        C     Dm     F
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado
      G        C     Dm     F
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado
      G        C     Dm     F
Rocky Mountain high,    Colorado . . .
 
* Alternates:
 
Open
 
C  = D
Dm = Em
F  = G
G7 = A7
A# = C
G  = A
 
Capo IV
 
C  = A#
Dm = Cm
F  = D#
G7 = F7
A# = Ab
G  = F
 
Capo V
 
C  = G
Dm = Am
F  = C
G7 = D7
A# = F
G  = D
 
Open (this is in a different key from the original)
 
C  = F
Dm = Gm
F  = A#
G7 = C7
A# = D#
G  = C
 
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