Rocky Mountain High

by John Denver

Chords

4.9 (31)

intermediate Tuning: E A D G B E

Version:

v6 v1 v2 v3 v4 v5

Transpose

Capo

None

Size

100%

[Chords]

E* xx999(12)

A* xxx9(10)9

A2 xxx9(10)(12)

[Intro]
   [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]F#m7[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]F#m7[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]B[/ch]
e|-0------0-----------------2---0------|-0------0-----------------2---0------|
B|-0--0-2---2-0---0---------2---2--4---|-0--0-2---2-0---0---------2---2--4---|
G|-1-------------1--1-------2---2--4---|-1-------------1--1-------2---2--4---|
D|-2------------------4-2---2---2--4---|-2------------------4-2---2---2--4---|
A|-2----------------------4-4---0--2---|-2----------------------4-4---0--2---|
E|-0------------------------2----------|-0------------------------2----------|

Verse 1

He was b

orn in the summer of his

27th ye

Comin' h

ome to a place he'd never been be

fore

He left

yesterday behind him, you

might say he was born a

gain

You might s

ay he found a key for every d

oor

Verse 2

When he

first came to the mountains his

life was far aw

On the r

oad and hangin' by a

song

But the

string's already broken and he

doesn't really c

are

It keeps c

hangin' fast and it don't last for

long

Chorus

But the C

olorado r

ocky mountain hi

I've s

een it raining'

fire in the s

The s

hadows from the s

tarlight are so

fter than a

lull--

-a---b

Rocky mountain

high (Color

ado)

Rocky mountain

high (high in Colo

rado)

Verse 3

He c

limbed cathedral mountains, he saw s

ilver clouds bel

saw everything as far as you can

see

And t

hey say that he got crazy once and he

tried to touch the s

And he

lost a friend but kept the mem

ory

Verse 4

Now he w

alks in quiet solitude the f

orest and the str

eams

Seeking

grace in every step he

takes

His

sight has turned inside himself to

try and unders

tand

The s

erenity of a clear blue mountain

lake

Chorus

In the

Colorado

Rocky Mountain H

igh

I've s

een it raining'

fire in the

sky

Talk to God and l

isten to the c

asu--

-al

re---p

Rocky mountain

high (Color

ado)

Rocky mountain

high (high in Colo

rado)

Verse 5

Now his

life is full of wonder but his

heart still knows some fe

Of a

simple thing he cannot compre

hend

Why they

try to tear the mountains down to

bring in a couple m

ore

people, more scars upon the

land

Chorus

But the C

olorado r

ocky mountain hi

I've s

een it rainin' f

ire in the s

I know he'd be a

poorer man if he n

ever saw an

ea---

-gle f

Rocky mountain

high

It's a C

olorado r

ocky mountain h

igh

I've

seen it rainin'

fire in the

sky

Friends around the

campfire and e

very

bo---

-dy's h

igh

Rocky mountain hi

gh (high in Colora

do)

Rocky mountain hi

gh (high in Colora

do)

Rocky mountain hi

gh (high in Colora

do)

Rocky mountain hi

gh (high in Colora

do)

Rocky mountain hig

h (high in Colorad

Rocky mountain hig

h (high in Colorado

)