ROCKY MOUNTAIN HIGH
John Denver



(capo 2nd fret)
(tune low E down to D --> "drop D" tuning)

D Em7 G A

       D                         Em7            C
He was born in the summer of his twenty seventh year
A      D                          Em7         C
Comin' home to a place he'd never been before
A       D                               Em7              C
He left yesterday behind him, You might say he was born again
A         D                            Em7
You might say he found a key for every door

When he first came to the mountains his life was far away
On the road and hangin' by a song
But the string's already broken and he doesn't really care
It keeps changin' fast, and it don't last for long

CHORUS:
        G        A                D
But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high
     G               A           D
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky
    G               A            D             Em7 Dmaj7 G
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lul-la----bye 
               D    Em7 A G
Rocky Mountain high            (2 times)

He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below
He saw everything as far as you can see
And they say that he got crazy once, and he tried to touch the sun
And he lost a friend but kept his memory

Now he walks in quiet solitude the forests and the streams
Seeking grace in every step he takes 
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand
The serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

[CHORUS] (3rd line) --> You can talk to God and listen to the casual reply

Now his life is full of wonder, But his heart still knows some fear
Of a simple thing he cannot comprehend
Why they try to tear the mountains down, to bring in a couple more
More people, more scars upon the land

And the...
[CHORUS] (3rd line) --> I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly

It's a...
[CHORUS] (3rd line) --> Friends around the campfire and everybody's high

CHORDS:
D:  --> 000232     Dmaj7:  --> 000222
Em7 --> 220000     G:      --> 11--xx (5th fret)
C   --> x32010     A:      --> 11--xx (7th fret)