Chords with lyrics
Rocky Mountain High
By John Denver
>From the "Wildlife Concert" video
Transcription (and any errors) by [email protected]
Dropped 
D MajorD tuning (DADGBe)
Capo 2
Note-> DADGBe
++++++
D MajorD 000232
E minor 7Em7 220000
G+G 550000 actually 
G6G6
A* 770000 
A augmentedA something
G* 550030 another G6G6
C majorC x32010
A augmentedA x02220
Dsus4Dsus4 000233
Dsus2Dsus2 000230
Dv 000775
Dvii 00077ten
Gvii 000787
Gvii* 00078ten add little finger at 10th fret
Gx 000430 yet another G6G6
Ax 000650 
Asus4Asus4
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 MajorD 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 MajorD E minor 7Em7 G+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 MajorD E minor 7Em7 C majorC A augmentedA
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 G* A augmentedA D MajorD Dvii Gvii Dv D MajorD
But the Colorado Rocky ...
G+G G* A augmentedA Dvii
I've seen it ...
G+G G* A augmentedA D MajorD 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 G* A augmentedA D MajorD Dvii Gvii Dv D MajorD
But the Colorado ..
G+G G* A augmentedA Dvii
I've seen it rainin' ...
G+G G* A augmentedA D MajorD 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 G* A augmentedA D MajorD (ad lib D/Dsus4/Dsus2)
It's a Colorado Rocky ..
G+G G* A augmentedA Dv Dvii Gvii Dv D MajorD
I've seen it ...
G+G G* A augmentedA D MajorD Gx Ax Gvii Gvii*
I know he'd be a poorer man if ...
D MajorD (ad lib D/Dsus4/Dsus2)
Rocky ....
G+G G* A augmentedA D MajorD (ad lib D/Dsus4/Dsus2)
And the Colorado ...
G+G G* A augmentedA Dvii
I've seen it ...
G+G G* A augmentedA D MajorD Gx Ax Gvii Gvii*
Friends around the ...
(Figure one...)
Rocky ...
(Figure one...)
Rocky ...
(repeat until end)
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