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Version 1 Version 2 Version 4Rocky Mountain High chords John Denver This is a correction to the current most popular tab. Play the two cords at the end of each line with one beat. Capo II [Intro] A D Em7 C A D Em7 G [Verse] A D Em7 C A He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year; D Em7 G A Comin' home to a place he'd never been before D He left yesterday behind him, Em7 C A you might say he was born again D Em7 G A You might say he found a key for every door D Em7 C A When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away D Em7 G A On the road and hangin' by a song D Em7 C A But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care; D Em7 G A It keeps changing fast, and it don't last for long [Chorus] G A D D/A But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high G A D D/A I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky G A D Em7 Dmaj7 G The shadow from the star-light is softer than a lull - a - by D Em7 G Rocky Mountain high, Colorado A D Em7 G A Rocky Mountain high, Colorado [Verse] D Em7 C A He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below; D Em7 G A he saw everything as far as you can see D And they say that he got crazy once, Em7 C A and he tried to touch the sun; D Em7 C A And he lost a friend but kept the memory D Em7 C A Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams; D Em7 G A seeking grace in every step he takes D Em7 C A His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand; D Em7 G A the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake [Chorus] G A D D/A And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high G A D D/A I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky G A D Em7 Dmaj7 G talk to God and listen to the cas - ual re - ply D Em7 G Rocky Mountain high, Colorado A D Em7 G A Rocky Mountain high, Colorado [Verse] D Now his life is full of wonder, Em7 C A but his heart still knows some fear; D Em7 G A of a simple thing he cannot comprehend D Why they try to tear the mountains down, Em7 C A To bring in a couple more; D Em7 G A more people, more scars upon the land [Chorus] G A D D/A And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high G A D D/A I've seen it raining fire in the sky G A D EM7 Dmaj7 G I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an ea - gle fly D Em7 G A Rocky Mountain high, Colorado D Em7 G A Rocky Mountain high, Colorado G A D D/A And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high G A D D/A I've seen it raining fire in the sky G A D Em7 D G Friends around the camp - fire and everybody - y's high D Em7 G Rocky Mountain high, Colorado A D Em7 G Rocky Mountain high, Colorado A D Em7 G Rocky Mountain high, Colorado A D Em7 G Rocky Mountain high, Colorado . . .