Wild Montana Skies

song_wild_montana_skies

artist_john_denver

album_its_about_time_and_from_the_wildlife_concert

transcribed_by_ken_reynolds

Please enjoy the following selection. It's a fun song.

Wild Montana Skies

John Denver (klr)

(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

chorus:(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

chorus 2x:

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