Rocky Mountain High chords by John Denver

Rocky Mountain High
By John Denver
>From the "Wildlife Concert" video

Transcription (and any errors) by jwblair@ix.netcom.com

Dropped D tuning (DADGBe)
Capo 2

Note-> DADGBe
    ++++++
D   000232
Em7  220000
G   550000 actually G6
A*   770000 A something
G*   550030 another G6
C   x32010
A   x02220
Dsus4 000233
Dsus2 000230
Dv   000775
Dvii  00077ten
Gvii  000787
Gvii* 00078ten add little finger at 10th fret
Gx   000430 yet another G6
Ax   000650 Asus4

This is what John is playing on the video, which may vary a little
from the original release. Both John and his backing guitar are
flatpicking 6-string guitars capoed 2 in dropped D tuning. In the
original release the backing guitar adds some nice lead licks
during the choruses.


Figure one
(Hammer with the little finger)
(the (3) is often inadvertently muted by John's little finger)
   D              Em7  G  A*
e-|-----2------2-------2----------------------------------
B-|-----3-----(3)------3----------------------------------
G-|-----2--2h4---2-----2-----------0-0--0-0--0-0----------
D-|-----0----------0h4---4-2p0-----0-0--0-0--0-0----------
A-|----------------------------0---2-2--5-5--7-7----------
D-|--0-----------------------------2-2--5-5--7-7----------


Figure two
(Hammer with the little finger)
   D              Em7  C   A
e-|-----2------2-------2------------------0----0----------
B-|-----3-----(3)------3------------------0----2----------
G-|-----2--2h4---2-----2-----------0-0----1----2----------
D-|-----0----------0h4---4-2p0-----0-0----0----2----------
A-|----------------------------0---2-2--3-3--0-0----------
D-|--0-----------------------------2-2--------------------


Intro:
Figure one... (twice)

Verse:
   (Figure two...)
He was born in the summer ...
   (Figure one...)
Comin' home to a place he'd ...
    (Figure two...)
He left yesterday behind him, you might ...
     (Figure one...)
You might say he found a key for ...

    (Figure two...)
When he first came to the mountains ...
   (Figure one...)
On the road and ...
    (Figure two...)
But the string's already broken ..
    (Figure one...)
It keeps changin' fast, and it ...

Chorus:
(Strumming)
    G   G* A       D  Dvii Gvii Dv D
But the Colorado Rocky ...
   G      G* A      Dvii
I've seen it ...
  G      G* A      D       Gx Ax Gvii Gvii*
The shadow from the ....
       (Figure one...)
Rocky ...
       (Figure one...)
Rocky ....


Verse:
 (Figure two...)
He climbed cathedral mountains, he ...
   (Figure one...)
He saw everything as far ...
    (Figure two...)
And they say that he got crazy once ...
   (Figure one...)
And he lost a friend but ...

   (Figure two...)
Now he walks in quiet solitude the ...
    (Figure one...)
Seeking grace in every ..
  (Figure two...)
His sight has turned inside ...
  (Figure one...)
The serenity of a clear ...

Chorus:
(Strumming)
    G   G* A       D  Dvii Gvii Dv D
But the Colorado ..
   G      G* A      Dvii
I've seen it rainin' ...
    G      G* A       D  Gx Ax Gvii Gvii*
You can talk to God and ...
       (Figure one...)
Rocky ...
       (Figure one...)
Rocky ....

Verse:
    (Figure two...)
Now his life is full of wonder, but ...
  (Figure one...)
Of a simple thing he ...
    (Figure two...)
Why they try to tear the mountains ...
  (Figure one...)
More people, more scars ....

Chorus:
(Strumming)
    G   G* A       D (ad lib D/Dsus4/Dsus2)
It's a Colorado Rocky ..
   G      G* A      Dv Dvii Gvii Dv D
I've seen it ...
 G      G* A        D      Gx Ax Gvii Gvii*
I know he'd be a poorer man if ...
        D (ad lib D/Dsus4/Dsus2)
Rocky ....

    G   G* A       D (ad lib D/Dsus4/Dsus2)
And the Colorado ...
   G      G* A      Dvii
I've seen it ...
G       G* A      D  Gx Ax Gvii Gvii*
Friends around the ...

       (Figure one...)
Rocky ...
       (Figure one...)
Rocky ...
(repeat until end)