Wild Montana Skies

Wild Montana Skies easy guitar chords by John Denver, Emmylou Harris

1983Country
Guitar
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  • Verse 1

    He 
    was 
    born 
    in 
    the 
    Bitterroot 
    Valley 

    in 
    the 
    early 
    morning 
    rain 

    Wild 
    geese 
    over 
    the 
    water 

    heading 
    north 
    and 
    home 
    a
    gain 

    Bringing 
    warm 
    wind 
    from 
    the 
    south 

    Bringing 
    the 
    first 
    taste 
    of 
    the 
    spring 

    His 
    mother 
    took 
    him 
    to 
    her 
    breast 

    and 
    softly 
    she 
    did 
    sing 

    Chorus 1
    Oh, 
    oh 
    Mon
    tana, 
    give 
    this 
    child 
    home 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    love 
    of 
    good 
    family 

    and 
    woman 
    of 
    his 
    own 

    Give 
    him 
    fire 
    in 
    his 
    heart, 

    give 
    him 
    light 
    in 
    his 
    eyes 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    wild 
    wind 
    for 
    brother 

    and 
    the 
    wild 
    Montana 
    skies 


    Verse 2
    His 
    mother 
    died 
    that 
    summer 

    and 
    he 
    never 
    learned 
    to 
    cry 

    He 
    never 
    knew 
    his 
    father 

    and 
    he 
    never 
    did 
    ask 
    why 

    And 
    he 
    never 
    knew 
    the 
    answers 

    that 
    would 
    make 
    an 
    easy 
    way 

    But 
    he 
    learned 
    to 
    know 
    the 
    wilderness 

    and 
    to 
    be 
    man 
    that 
    way 

    Verse 3
    His 
    mother's 
    brother 
    took 
    him 
    in 

    to 
    his 
    family 
    and 
    his 
    home 

    Gave 
    him 
    hand 
    that 
    he 
    could 
    lean 
    on 

    and 
    strength 
    to 
    call 
    his 
    own 

    And 
    he 
    learned 
    to 
    be 
    farmer 

    and 
    he 
    learned 
    to 
    love 
    the 
    land 

    And 
    he 
    learned 
    to 
    read 
    the 
    seasons 

    and 
    he 
    learned 
    to 
    make 
    stand 

    Chorus 2
    Oh, 
    oh 
    Mon
    tana, 
    give 
    this 
    child 
    home 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    love 
    of 
    good 
    family 

    and 
    woman 
    of 
    his 
    own 

    Give 
    him 
    fire 
    in 
    his 
    heart, 

    give 
    him 
    light 
    in 
    his 
    eyes 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    wild 
    wind 
    for 
    brother 

    and 
    the 
    wild 
    Montana 
    skies 


    Verse 4
    On 
    the 
    eve 
    of 
    his 
    twenty-first 
    birthday 

    he 
    set 
    out 
    on 
    his 
    own 

    He 
    was 
    thirty 
    years 
    and 
    running 

    when 
    he 
    found 
    his 
    way 
    back 
    home 

    Riding 
    storm 
    across 
    the 
    mountains 

    and 
    an 
    ach
    ing 
    in 
    his 
    heart 

    Said 
    he 
    came 
    to 
    turn 
    the 
    pages 

    and 
    to 
    make 
    brand 
    new 
    start 

    Verse 5
    Now 
    he 
    never 
    told 
    story 

    of 
    the 
    time 
    that 
    he 
    was 
    gone 

    Some 
    say 
    he 
    was 
    lawyer, 

    some 
    say 
    he 
    was 
    John 

    There 
    was 
    something 
    in 
    the 
    city 

    that 
    he 
    said 
    he 
    couldn't 
    breathe 

    And 
    there 
    was 
    something 
    in 
    the 
    country 

    that 
    he 
    said 
    he 
    couldn't 
    leave 

    Chorus 3
    Oh, 
    oh 
    Mon
    tana, 
    give 
    this 
    child 
    home 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    love 
    of 
    good 
    family 

    and 
    woman 
    of 
    his 
    own 

    Give 
    him 
    fire 
    in 
    his 
    heart, 

    give 
    him 
    light 
    in 
    his 
    eyes 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    wild 
    wind 
    for 
    brother 

    and 
    the 
    wild 
    Montana 

    Solo 1
    (skies) 



    Verse 6
    Now 
    some 
    say 
    he 
    was 
    crazy, 

    some 
    are 
    glad 
    he's 
    gone 

    Some 
    of 
    us 
    will 
    miss 
    him, 

    we'll 
    try 
    to 
    carry 
    on 

    Giving 
    voice 
    to 
    the 
    forest, 

    giving 
    voice 
    to 
    the 
    dawn 

    Giving 
    voice 
    to 
    the 
    wilderness 

    and 
    the 
    land 
    that 
    he 
    lived 
    on 

    Chorus 4
    Oh, 
    oh 
    Mon
    tana, 
    give 
    this 
    child 
    home 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    love 
    of 
    good 
    family 

    and 
    woman 
    of 
    his 
    own 

    Give 
    him 
    fire 
    in 
    his 
    heart, 

    give 
    him 
    light 
    in 
    his 
    eyes 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    wild 
    wind 
    for 
    brother 

    and 
    the 
    wild 
    Montana 
    skies 

    Outro 1
    Oh, 
    oh 
    Mon
    tana, 
    give 
    this 
    child 
    home 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    love 
    of 
    good 
    family 

    and 
    woman 
    of 
    his 
    own 

    Give 
    him 
    fire 
    in 
    his 
    heart, 

    give 
    him 
    light 
    in 
    his 
    eyes 

    Give 
    him 
    the 
    wild 
    wind 
    for 
    brother 

    and 
    the 
    wild 
    Montana 
    skies 


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