Rocky Mountain High
John Denver
written by John Denver and Mike Taylor
From album An Evening With John Denver

Best sound on 12 string, This is a new style I'm trying for 
longer songs, let me know if it's not reasonable.

 please look at special Chords at bottom of song

*Tune Low E down to D

Capo fret 2

Intro  D  Em7  G  

 
   A           D                            Em7            C    A
1. He was born    in the summer, of his     twenty seventh year,
2. He climbed   Cathedral Mountains he saw  silver clouds below,

         D                             Em7         G  
1.comin' home to a place he'd never   been before.
2.he saw everything as far as you can see.
  A         D                                 Em7                   C A
1.He left   yesterday behind him, you might   say he was born again,
2.And they  say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
            D                                 Em7   G  A
1.you might say he found a key for every door
2. and he   lost a friend but kept the memory.
          D                                Em7                        C
1.When he first came to the mountains his  life  was far away, 
2.Now he walks in quiet solitude,      the forrests and the streams
3.Now his life is full of wonder but his   heart still knows some fear
  A           D                              Em7   G  A
1.on the road   and hanging             by a song.
2.seeking       grace in every step he takes.
3. of a       simple thing he cannot compre__hend
            D                                Em7                   C  A
1.But the   strings already broken and he    dosen't really care, 
2.His sight  has turned inside himself to    try an under___stand
3.Why they try to tear the mountians down to bring in a couple more
           D                                        Em7  G  A
1.It keeps changing fast and it don't last for long.
2.   the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake.
3.   more people more scars upon the land
          G        A                   D       G                   A          
1.But the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,   I've seen it rainin' fire in
      D 
  the sky.
2.And the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,   I've seen it rainin' fire in
      D 
  the sky.
3.And the Colorado Rocky Mountain High,   I've seen it rainin' fire in
      D
  the sky.

      G                    A             D             Em7  Dmaj7 G
1.The shadow from the  starlight      is softer than a lull  a    by.
2.      Talk to GOD and listen to the cas_________ ual______re___ply
3.I know he'd be a      poorer man if he  never saw an eagle fly

                   D      Em7         G        A             D    G  A           
(1st and second verse then go to 3rd verse)
Rocky Mountain High                      Rocky Mountain High 

D        G          A                   D
  ( last verse )
  It's a Colorado Roc__ky Mountain high
     G                    A            D
I've seen it rainin' fire   in the sky
G                      A          D      Em7  D  G
friends around the camp__fire and every  bod__ys high
                    D  Em7
Rocky Mountian high  
 G        A
   Rocky Mountain high  (repeat and fade)

      D             Em7         G        A 
 H.O. G string
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o___________    o________    _______     _______
o___________     __2_____    _5_____     __7____
o___________     __2_____    _5_____     __7____
                  H.O.        H.O.          H.O.

     C             Dmaj7
o___________     ___1____
 _1_________     ___1____
O___________     ___1____
 ___2_______     x_______
 ______3____     x_______
 ___________     x_______

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