Montana

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MONTANA - JAMES TAYLOR
"Before This World"(2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK
INTRO
G5A7 Em7A7
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D A/C# Bm7 A
I'm not smart enough for this life I've been livin',
G D/F# Em7 A
A little bit slow for the pace of the dream.
Bm7 F#m7 G D/F#
It's not I'm ungrateful for all I've been given;
Em7 A G A6 A
But nevertheless, just the same...
D A/C# Bm7 A
I wish to my soul, I was back in Montana,
G D/F# Em7 A
High on my mountain and deep in the snow.
Bm7 F#m7 G D/F#
Up in my cabin, over the valley,
Em7 A D A/C#
Under the blankets with you.
Bm G Em A F#/A# Bm Em7 GM7 A
O - - ver the ocean from here.
Bm G Em A F#/A# Bm Em7 GM7 A
O - - ver the mountains from there.
D A/C# Bm7 A
Who can imagine the scale of the forces
G D/F# Em7 A
That pushed this old mountain range up in the sky?
Bm7 F#m7 G D/F#
Tectonic creation, erosion, mutation;
Em7 A G A
Somethin' to pleasure God's eye.
D A/C# Bm7 A
The world is a wonder of lightnin' and thunder,
G D/F# Em7 A
And green of the ground as we fall from the sky.
Bm7 F#m7 G D/F#
The old and new faces, the tribes and the races...
Em7 A D
Thousands of places to try.
Bm G Em A F#/A# Bm Em7 GM7 A
O - - ver the ocean from here.
Bm G Em A F#/A# Bm Em7 GM7 A
O - - ver the mountains from there.
D/F# GM7 E/G# A
One sits and waits while the other one wanders,
Bm7 E7 Em7 A
And squanders his time with a life on the road.
D/F# GM7 E/G# A
Down from the mountain, across the wide ocean,
F#/A# Bm C A/C#
The world is in motion and cannot be slowed.
D A/C# Bm7 A
Enough for today... demands of the moment,
G D/F# Em7 A
The thing on my mind is the work in my hand.
Bm7 F#m7 G D/F#
Wood for the woodstove and water for coffee,
Em7 A G A
Somethin' I can still understand.
D A/C# Bm7 A
We got a few friends but not many neighbors,
G D/F# Em7 A
The trip into town takes us most of the day.
Bm7 F#m7 G D/F#
And after, "Hello", and "it's sure good to see you",
Em7 A D A/C#
It seems like there's nothin' to say.
Bm A G A7 D2
O - - ver the ocean from here.

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MONTANA - JAMES TAYLOR
"Before This World"(2015)
Submitted by ClassicalfreaK
INTRO
G5 A7 | Em7 A7

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