Rocky Mountain Home chords by Stampeders

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Author's Note - From their 1973 album "From the Fire" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPDTYBRK1NU

Intro:
DmDm

Verse 1:
G+G        DmDm            FF           G+G      DmDm
 And as I went aboard the train, I said "Don't hang on, 'cause I'll be gone too long"
G+G        DmDm        FF         G+G      DmDm
 And there in my head again, oh, I dreamed a life of women, wine and song
    FF     G+G      C majorC     FF         DmDm  G+G       DmDm
But the fame I had planned for overnight slipped from sight, and left me in the void
FF      G+G   C majorC      FF    DmDm FF       G+G        DmDm
 And on the chill October dawn I'm alone, on the highway thumbin' my way home

Instrumental:
DmDm G+G

Chorus:
G+G               C majorC
Rocky mountain home, I said "I left you for the ro-ro-ro-ro-road"
              G+G         D MajorD            C majorC
And should I come back this winter, would you be there, would you have me there
G+G              C majorC
Rocky mountain home, so many night I spent alo-lo-lo-lo-lone
              G+G         D MajorD            C majorC
With the thought of you in my mind, I've been unkind, I've said words unkind
   G+G                 C majorC
Well, rocky mountain home, now that old highway is all I call my home
              G+G        D MajorD         C majorC
Well, please don't leave me stranded, here I stand, my head in my hands

Instrumental:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD C majorC

Chorus:
G+G               C majorC
Rocky mountain home, I said "I left you for the ro-ro-ro-ro-road"
             G+G        D MajorD         C majorC
And please don't leave me stranded, here I stand, I've got my head in my hands

Outro:
     G+G        A augmentedA        C majorC      G+G
Hey, hey driver, hey pull over, won't you let me get inside
G+G              A augmentedA          C majorC        G+G
 Hey, hey driver, won't you slow down, won't you give me one more ride
     G+G        A augmentedA        C majorC      G+G
Hey, hey driver, hey pull over, won't you let me get inside
G+G              A augmentedA          C majorC        G+G
 Hey, hey driver, won't you slow down, won't you give me one more ride
     G+G        A augmentedA        C majorC      G+G
Hey, hey driver, hey pull over, won't you let me get inside
G+G              A augmentedA          C majorC        G+G
 Hey, hey driver, won't you slow down, won't you give me one more ride
G+G
 Hey, hey driver...