Wild Montana Skies Uke tab by John Denver

Can transpose to
F -> G
G -> A
C -> D

[Intro]
F G C

[Verse]
C                                          F             C
He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain
                                   G                
Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again
           C                         F                               C
Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring
                                      G              C
His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing:


[Chorus]
F   G        C             G   
Oh, Montana, give this child a home
             F              G            C            G
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
           F           G                 C           F
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
             C                               G            C
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies


[Riff]
F G C

[Verse]
C                                  F                C
His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry
                              G                
He never knew his father and he never did ask why
   C                                F            C
He never knew the answers that would make an easy way
                                             G             C
But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way
                                        F              C
His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home
                                             G                    
Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own
        C                             F                  C
And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land
                                          G                  C
And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand


[Chorus]
F   G        C             G   
Oh, Montana, give this child a home
             F              G            C            G
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
           F           G                 C           F
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
             C                               G            C
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies


[Riff]
F G C

[Verse]
C                                F                 C
On the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own
                                      G                
He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home
         C                                 F             C
Ridin' a storm across the mountains and an achin' in his heart
                                      G                C
Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start
                                   F                C
Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone
                               G             
Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john
          C                             F                C
There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe
                                           G                C
There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave


[Chorus]
F   G        C             G   
Oh, Montana, give this child a home
             F              G            C            G
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
           F           G                 C           F
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
             C                               G            C
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies


[Riff]
F G C

[Verse]
C                             F                  C
Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone
                                    G                
But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on
         C                             F            C
Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn
                                         G                  C
Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on


[Chorus 2x]
F   G        C             G   
Oh, Montana, give this child a home
             F              G            C            G
Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own
           F           G                 C           F
Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes
             C                               G            C
Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies