{"id":28635,"date":"2026-01-06T23:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=28635"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T23:05:50","slug":"wild-montana-skies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wild-montana-skies\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Montana Skies"},"content":{"rendered":"
[Intro]\r\n| G<\/span> |\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n                                            C<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nHe was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain\r\n                                                    D<\/span>\r\nWild geese over the water, heading north and home again\r\n            G<\/span>                                      C<\/span>                 G<\/span>\r\nBringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring\r\n                                       D<\/span>                G<\/span>\r\nHis mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing:\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC<\/span>        D<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home\r\n              C<\/span>              D<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own\r\n            C<\/span>           D<\/span>                 G<\/span>           C<\/span>\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes\r\n             G<\/span>                               D<\/span>             G<\/span>     C<\/span> D<\/span> G<\/span>\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies\r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n                                    C<\/span>                G<\/span>\r\nHis mother died that summer and he never learned to cry\r\n                                               D<\/span>\r\nHe never knew his father and he never did ask why\r\n    G<\/span>                                 C<\/span>            G<\/span>\r\nHe never knew the answers that would make an easy way\r\n                                              D<\/span>             G<\/span>\r\nBut he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way\r\n                                         C<\/span>              G<\/span>\r\nHis mother's brother took him in to his family and his home\r\n                                                                 D<\/span>\r\nGave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own\r\n         G<\/span>                             C<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nAnd he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land\r\n                                           D<\/span>                  G<\/span>\r\nAnd he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n C<\/span>        D<\/span>    G<\/span>\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home\r\n              C              D            G\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own\r\n            C           D                 G            C\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes\r\n             G                                D             G   C D G\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies\r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n       G                             C             G\r\nOn the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own\r\n                                                        D\r\nHe was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home\r\n           G                                C             G\r\nRidin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart\r\n                                       D                 G\r\nSaid he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start\r\n                                    C                G\r\nNow he never told the story of the time that he was gone\r\n                                             D\r\nSome say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john\r\n           G                             C                 G\r\nThere was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe\r\n                                            D                G\r\nThere was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\nC        D    G\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home\r\n              C              D            G\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own\r\n            C           D                 G           C\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes\r\n              G                               D             G   C D G\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies\r\n \r\n \r\n[Outro]\r\n     G                                   C        G\r\nNow some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone\r\n                                                    D\r\nBut some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on\r\n          G                             C            G\r\nGiving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn\r\n                                          D                 G\r\nGiving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on\r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n C        D    G\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home\r\n              C              D            G\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own\r\n            C           D                 G           C\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes\r\n              G                               D             G   C D G\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies\r\n
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