John Denver – Rocky Mountain High (Ukulele)

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He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year;

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Coming home to a place he'd never been before

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He left yesterday behind him,

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you might say he was born again

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You might say he found a key for every door

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When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away;

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On the road and hanging by a song

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But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care;

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It keeps changing fast, and it don't last for long

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But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

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I've seen it raining fire in the sky

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The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lullaby 

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below;

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he saw everything as far as you can see

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And they say that he got crazy once,

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and he tried to touch the sun;

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And he lost a friend but kept the memory

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Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams;

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seeking grace in every step he takes 

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His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand;

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the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake

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And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

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I've seen it raining fire in the sky

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talk to God and listen to the casual reply

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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Now his life is full of wonder,

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but his heart still knows some fear;

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of a simple thing he cannot comprehend

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Why they try to tear the mountains down,

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To bring in a couple more;

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more people, more scars upon the land

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And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

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I've seen it raining fire in the sky

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I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eagle fly

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high

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I've seen it raining fire in the sky

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Friends around the campfire and everybody's high

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado

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Rocky Mountain high, Colorado