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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2303711,"song":"Wild Montana Skies","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2303711-wild-montana-skies-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2303711?type=chord","rating":4.71539,"votes":136,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]G[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWild geese over the water, heading north and home again[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis mother died that summer and he never learned to cry[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe never knew his father and he never did ask why[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe never knew the answers that would make an easy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis mother's brother took him in to his family and his home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOn the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nRidin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSaid he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow he never told the story of the time that he was gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGiving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGiving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, Montana, give this child a home[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the love of a good family and a woman of his own[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGive him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGive him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| G |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}