Rocky Mountain High Chords by John Denver

[Start]

[Verse]
E Gbm A E A
■ ■   ■ ■ ■
       E                         Gbm7          D   
He was born in the summer of his twentyseventh year
E                                      A     
Coming home to a place he'd never been before
        E                                         Gbm7 D    
He left yesterday behind him you might say he was born again
    B            E                     A   
You might say he found a key for every door
                   E                             Gbm7 D   
When he first came to the mountains his life was far  away
B           E                A   
On the road and hangin' by a song
                 E                             Gbm7   D   
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
B                 E                              
It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long


[Chorus]
    Gbm7 A B A        B     E            
But the  ■ ■ Colorado Rocky Mountain high
             A       B           E  
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
           A        B                          E       A E A
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby ■ ■ ■
E                  
Rocky Mountain high
Gbm E                   Gbm7
■   Rocky Mountain high ■   


[Verse]
E                    Gbm7                                
He climbed cathedral mountains he saw silver clouds below
B      E                 Gbm7          
He saw everything as far as you can see
E                              Gbm7                              
And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
B      E                          Gbm7  
And he lost a friend but kept his memory


[Chorus]
E                     Gbm7                                
Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams
B       E              Gbm7         
Seeking grace in every step he takes
E                           Gbm7               Gbm       
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
B7  E                        Gbm          
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
B       A              E            
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
A                         E          A
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky ■
                       E             A     E A
Talk to God and listen to the casual reply ■ ■
               E    Gbm
Rocky Mountain high ■  
A              E    Gbm7
Rocky Mountain high ■   


[Verse]
A         E                              Gbm7                       
■ Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
     E                      Gbm       
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
A            E                                 Gbm7              D   
■ While they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
E                               Gbm7 A
More people more scars upon the land ■
                 B              E   
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
A                    B           E  
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky


[Chorus]
A                B                E                  A   E A
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly ■ ■
      E            
Rocky Mountain high
A        B     E            
Colorado Rocky Mountain high
A                    B    B7     E  
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
A                  B        E                   
Friends around the campfire and everybody's high
A              Esus4
Rocky Mountain high 
A              E    Gbm
Rocky Mountain high ■  
A              E    Gbm
Rocky Mountain high ■  


[Outro]
Gbm7 A              E    Gbm7
■    Rocky Mountain high ■   
A              E    Gbm7 A
Rocky Mountain high ■    ■
B     E            
Rocky Mountain high


[End]