Rocky Mountain High

by John Denver

Chords

4.7 (39)

Capo: 2th fret

Version:

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Capo

None

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This is the way I play the song. Denver plays different variations of the

chords and plays with drop D tuning but this version is for standard tuning

and uses simple chords.

CAPO II (chords relative to capo)

   [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]*
e|-2----0----0----0----3----2----3--|
B|-3----0----1----2----0----2----0--|
G|-2----0----0----2----0----2----0--|
D|-0----2----2----2----0----4----0--|
A|-x----2----3----0----2----4----x--|
E|-x----0----x----x----3----2----x--|

He was

born in the summer of his

27th

year

Comin'

home to a place he'd never

been before

He left

yesterday behind him, you might

say he was born

again

You might

say he found a key for every

door

When he

first came to the mountains his

life was far

away

On the

road and hangin' by a

song

But the

string's already broken and he

doesn't really

care

It keeps

changin' fast and it don't last for

long

But the

Colorado

rocky mountain h

igh

I've

seen it rainin'

fire in the

sky

The sh

adow from the s

tarlight is

softer than a

lul...

la...

Rocky mountain

high

(Color

ado)

Rocky mountain

high

(Color

ado)

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below

He saw everything as far as you can see

And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun

And he lost a friend but kept the memory

Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams

Seeking grace in every step he takes

His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand

The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

And the

Colorado

rocky mountain h

igh

I've

seen it rainin'

fire in the

sky

Talk to God and

listen to the

casu

re...

ply

Rocky mountain

high

(Color

ado)

Rocky mountain

high

(Color

ado)

Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear

Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend

Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more

More people, more scars upon the land

But the

Colorado

rocky mountain

high

I've

seen it rainin'

fire in the

sky

know he'd be a

poorer man if he

never saw an

ea...

gle

fly

Rocky mountain

high

It's a

Colorado

rocky mountain

high

I've

seen it rain

fire in the

sky

riends around the

camp-fire and

every

body's

high

Rocky mountain

high

(Colo

rado)

Rocky mountain

high

(Colo

rado)

Repeat and fade out. Or repeat for four lines and end on D