Montana chords by James Taylor

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This an easy version of James Taylor's Montana

Montana
James Taylor ? 2015

Verse 1
              C majorC - 2nd fret
D MajorD               E minorEm       A7A7
I'm not smart enough for this life I've been livin',
 G+G            E minorEm     A augmentedA
A majorA little bit slow for the pace of the dream.
   B minorBm           G+G
It's not I'm ungrateful for all I've been given;
  E minorEm      A augmentedA   D MajorD
But nevertheless, just the same...

Verse 2
D MajorD             E minorEm     A7A7
I wish to my soul, I was back in Mon-tana,
G+G            E minorEm     A augmentedA
High on my mountain and deep in the snow.
B minorBm       G+G
Up in my cabin, over the valley,
E minorEm    A augmentedA       D MajorD
Under the blankets with you.

Chorus
B minorBm    G+G       A augmentedA     D MajorD    A augmentedA
O-------- O---- ver the ocean from here. (Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh)
B minorBm    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD    A augmentedA
O-------- O---- ver the mountains from there. (Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh)

Verse 3
D MajorD          E minorEm      A7A7
Who can imagine the scale of the forces
   G+G               E minorEm    A augmentedA
That pushed this old mountain range up in the sky?
  B minorBm        G+G
Tec-tonic creation, e-rosion, mutation;
E minorEm      A augmentedA       D MajorD
Somethin' to pleasure God's eye.

Verse 4
D MajorD            E minorEm      A7A7
The world is a wonder of lightnin' and thunder,
  G+G             E minorEm      A augmentedA
And green of the ground as we fall from the sky.
  B minorBm           G+G
The old and new faces, the tribes and the races...
E minorEm      A augmentedA     D MajorD
Thousands of places to try.

Chorus
B minorBm    G+G       A augmentedA     D MajorD    A augmentedA
O-------- O---- ver the ocean from here. (Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh)
B minorBm    G+G       A augmentedA       D MajorD    A augmentedA
O-------- O---- ver the mountains from there. (Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh)

Bridge
D MajorD      E minorEm       A augmentedA     B minorBm
One sits and waits while the other one wanders,
  G+G       E minorEm     A augmentedA
And squanders his time with a life on the road.
B minorBm            G+G
Down from the mountain, a-cross the wide ocean,
  B minorBm           A augmentedA     D MajorD
The world is in motion and cannot be slowed.

Verse 5
D MajorD             E minorEm      A7A7
Enough for today... the de-mands of the moment,
  G+G            E minorEm     A augmentedA
The thing on my mind is the work in my hand.
B minorBm              G+G
Wood  for the woodstove and water for coffee,
E minorEm        A augmentedA      D MajorD
Somethin' I can still under-stand.

Verse 6
D MajorD            E minorEm    A7A7
We got a few friends but not many neighbors,
  G+G            E minorEm     A augmentedA
The trip into town takes us most of the day.
  B minorBm            G+G
And after,"Hello", and "it's sure good to see you",
  E minorEm         A augmentedA     D MajorD
It seems like there's nothin' to say.

Outro
B minorBm    G+G       A augmentedA     D MajorD

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