# #"Wild Montana Skies" as performed by John Denver #Brought to you by Mike Schweisthal (mschweis@u.washington.edu) # #Chords used: G:320003 C:X32010 D:XX0232 # #INTRO: | G | # C G He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain D Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again G C G Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring D G His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing: C D G CHORUS: Oh, Montana, give this child a home C D G Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own C D G C Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes G D G Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies C G His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry D He never knew his father and he never did ask why G C G He never knew the answers that would make an easy way D G But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way C G His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home D Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own G C G And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land D G And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand CHORUS G C G On the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own D He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home G C G Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart D G Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start C G Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone D Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john G C G There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe D G There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave CHORUS G C G Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone D But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on G C G Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn D G Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on CHORUS 2X