Rocky Mountain High chords by John Denver (Ver. 4)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chords:

E      022100
F#m7    242222
A      54222x
B      76444x
D      X54232
B      X24442

Intro:
E    F#m7  A  B
E    F#m7  A  B

Verse 1:

    E             F#m7 D     B
He was born in the summer of his 27th year
    E             F#m7    A    B
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before
    E             F#m7          D   B
He left yesterday behind him, you might say he was born again
      E              F#m7    A    B
You might say he found a key for every door

Verse 2:
    E                F#m7     D    B
When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
    E          F#m7   A     B
On the road and hangin' by a song
    E               F#m7      D  B
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
     E                 F#m7   A   B
It keeps changin' fast and it don't last for long

Chorus:
    A    B        E  Esus4 E
But the Colorado rocky mountain high
   A        B      E  Esus4 E
I've seen it raining' fire in the sky
   A        B       E            A
The shadows from the starlight are softer than a lull---a---bye
        E       F#m7  A   B
Rocky mountain high  (Colorado)
        E          F#m7  A B
 Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)

Verse 3:
  E                  F#m7      D  B
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
  E                F#m7 A B
He saw everything as far as you can see
   E                   F#m7        D  B
And they say that he got crazy once and he tried to touch the sun
    E               F#m7 A  B
And he lost a friend but kept the memory

Verse 4:
    E              F#m7      D    B
Now he walks in quiet solitude the forest and the streams
    E           F#m7     A  B
Seeking grace in every step he takes
  E                 F#m7     D   B
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
   E                F#m7   A B
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

Chorus:
    A     B        E  Esus4 E
In the Colorado  Rocky Mountain High
   A        B      E  Esus4 E
I've seen it raining' fire in the sky
A          B      E    A
  Talk to God and listen to the causal reply

        E     F#m7    A  B    E         F#m7   A  B
Rocky mountain high  (Colorado) Rocky Mountain High HIgh in Colorado


Verse 5:
    E               F#m7          D  B
Now his life is full of wonder but his heart still knows some fear
   E              F#m7 A    B
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
     E                 F#m7       D B
Why they try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more
   E              F#m7 A B
More people, more scars upon the land

Chorus:
    A    B       E Esus4 E
But the Colorado rocky mountain high
   A        B      E Esus4 E
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
 A         B        E            A
  I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an ea-----gle fly
        E
Rocky mountain high
    A    B       E  Esus4 E
It's a Colorado rocky mountain high
   A        B      E  Esus4 E
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
A           B      E        A
  Friends around the campfire and everybo----dy's high
      E            F#m7
 Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)
 A    B    E         F#m7
  Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)
 A    B    E          F#m7
  Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)
 A    B    E          F#m7
  Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)
 A    B    E          F#m7
  Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)
 A    B     E          F#m7  A B E
  Rocky mountain high  (high in Colorado)