Wild Montana Skies
by John DenverTranspose
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Capo
None
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[Chords]
D (in intro and riff) - 000775
D (most of the rest of song) - 000232
D (alternate voicing) - 004232
Intro
Verse
He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the
early morning
rain
Wild geese over the water, heading north and home
again
Bringin' a
warm wind from the south, bringin' the
first taste of the
spring
His mother took him to her breast and
softly
she did
sing
:
Chorus
Oh,
Montana,
give this child a home
Give him the
love of a good
family and a
woman of his own
Give him a
fire in his
heart, give him a
light in his
eyes
Give him the
wild wind for a brother and the
wild Montana
skies
(transition directly to 'riff' D voicing)
Riff
Verse
His mother died that summer and he
never learned to
cry
He never knew his father and he never did ask
why
He
never knew the answers that would
make an easy
way
But he learned to know the wilderness and to
be a
man that
way
His mother's brother took him in to his
family and his
home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his
own
And he l
earned to be a farmer and he l
earned to love the
land
And he learned to read the seasons and he
learned to
make a
stand
Chorus
Oh,
Montana,
give this child a home
Give him the
love of a good
family and a
woman of his own
Give him a
fire in his
heart, give him a
light in his
eyes
Give him the
wild wind for a brother and the
wild Montana
skies
Riff
Verse
On the eve of his 21st birthday,
he set out on his
own
He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back
home
Ridin' a
storm across the mountains and an
achin' in his
heart
Said he came to turn the pages and to
make a
brand new
start
Now he never told the story of the
time that he was
gone
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a
john
There was
something in the city that he
said he couldn't
breathe
There was something in the country that he
said he
couldn't
leave
Chorus
Oh,
Montana,
give this child a home
Give him the
love of a good
family and a
woman of his own
Give him a
fire in his
heart, give him a
light in his
eyes
Give him the
wild wind for a brother and the
wild Montana
skies
Solo
Verse
Now some say he was crazy and
some are glad he's
gone
But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry
on
Giving a
voice to the forest, giving a
voice to the
dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the
land that
he lived
on
Chorus
Oh,
Montana,
give this child a home
Give him the
love of a good
family and a
woman of his own
Give him a
fire in his
heart, give him a
light in his
eyes
Give him the
wild wind for a brother and the
wild Montana
skies
Chorus
Oh,
Montana,
give this child a home
Give him the
love of a goo
d family and
a woman of his own
Give him a
fire in his
heart, give him a
light in his
eyes
Give him the
wild wind for a brother and the
wild Montana
skies
Outro
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