Wild Montana Skies chords by
John Denver
Emmylou Harris

1983Country268 views

Key: D major

Verse 1
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He was born in the Bitterroot Valley
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in the early morning rain
Wild geese over the water
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heading north and home again
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Bringing a warm wind from the south
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Bringing the first taste of the spring
His mother took him to her breast
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and softly she did sing

Chorus 1
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Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
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Give him the love of a good family
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and a woman of his own
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Give him a fire in his heart,
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give him a light in his eyes
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Give him the wild wind for a brother
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D D 
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and the wild Montana skies
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Verse 2
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His mother died that summer
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and he never learned to cry
He never knew his father
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and he never did ask why
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And he never knew the answers
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that would make an easy way
But he learned to know the wilderness
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and to be a man that way

Verse 3
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His mother's brother took him in
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to his family and his home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
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and a strength to call his own
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And he learned to be a farmer
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and he learned to love the land
And he learned to read the seasons
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and he learned to make a stand

Chorus 2
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Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
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Give him the love of a good family
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and a woman of his own
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Give him a fire in his heart,
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give him a light in his eyes
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Give him the wild wind for a brother
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D D 
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and the wild Montana skies
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Verse 4
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On the eve of his twenty-first birthday
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he set out on his own
He was thirty years and running
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when he found his way back home
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Riding a storm across the mountains
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and an aching in his heart
Said he came to turn the pages
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and to make a brand new start

Verse 5
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Now he never told a story
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of the time that he was gone
Some say he was a lawyer,
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some say he was a John
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There was something in the city
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that he said he couldn't breathe
And there was something in the country
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that he said he couldn't leave

Chorus 3
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Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
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Give him the love of a good family
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and a woman of his own
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Give him a fire in his heart,
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G G 
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give him a light in his eyes
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Give him the wild wind for a brother
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and the wild Montana

Solo 1

D

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D

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D

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Verse 6
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Now some say he was crazy,
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some are glad he's gone
Some of us will miss him,
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we'll try to carry on
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Giving a voice to the forest,
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giving a voice to the dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
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and the land that he lived on

Chorus 4
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Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
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A A 
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Give him the love of a good family
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and a woman of his own
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A A 
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Give him a fire in his heart,
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G G 
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give him a light in his eyes
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Give him the wild wind for a brother
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and the wild Montana skies

Outro 1
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Oh, oh Montana, give this child a home
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A A 
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Give him the love of a good family
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and a woman of his own
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Give him a fire in his heart,
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G G 
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give him a light in his eyes
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Give him the wild wind for a brother
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D D 
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and the wild Montana skies
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