Artist: john Denver Song: Wild Montana Skies ([email protected]) (This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research) (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 [Chorus] (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 [Chorus] (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
