Wild Montana Skies Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D][G][A][D]
He was [D]born in the Bitterroot Valley
in the [G]early morning [D]rain
Wild geese over the water
heading north and home a[A]gain
Bringing a [D]warm wind from the south
Bringing the [G]first taste of the [D]spring
His mother took him to her breast
and [A]softly she did [D]sing

[Chorus 1]
Oh, [G]oh Mon[A]tana, [D]give this child a home
Give him the [G]love of a good [A]family
and a [D]woman of his own
Give him a [G]fire in his [A]heart,
give him a [D]light in his [G]eyes
Give him the [D]wild wind for a brother
and the [A]wild Montana [D]skies
[G][A][D]

[Verse 2]
His [D]mother died that summer
and he [G]never learned to [D]cry
He never knew his father
and he never did ask [A]why
And he [D]never knew the answers
that would [G]make an easy [D]way
But he learned to know the wilderness
and to [A]be a man that [D]way

[Verse 3]
His [D]mother's brother took him in
to his [G]family and his [D]home
Gave him a hand that he could lean on
and a strength to call his [A]own
And he [D]learned to be a farmer
and he [G]learned to love the [D]land
And he learned to read the seasons
and he [A]learned to make a [D]stand

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

[Verse 4]
On the [D]eve of his twenty-first birthday
he [G]set out on his [D]own
He was thirty years and running
when he found his way back [A]home
Riding a [D]storm across the mountains
and an [G]aching in his [D]heart
Said he came to turn the pages
and to [A]make a brand new [D]start

[Verse 5]
Now he [D]never told a story
of the [G]time that he was [D]gone
Some say he was a lawyer,
some say he was a [A]John
There was [D]something in the city
that he [G]said he couldn't [D]breathe
And there was something in the country
that he [A]said he couldn't [D]leave

[Chorus 3]
Oh, [G]oh Mon[A]tana, [D]give this child a home
Give him the [G]love of a good [A]family
and a [D]woman of his own
Give him a [G]fire in his [A]heart,
give him a [D]light in his [G]eyes
Give him the [D]wild wind for a brother
and the [A]wild Montana

[Solo 1]
[D](skies)[G][D][D][A]
[D][G][D]
[D][A][D]

[Verse 6]
Now [D]some say he was crazy,
[G]some are glad he's [D]gone
Some of us will miss him,
we'll try to carry [A]on
Giving a [D]voice to the forest,
giving a [G]voice to the [D]dawn
Giving a voice to the wilderness
and the [A]land that he lived [D]on

[Chorus 4]
Oh, [G]oh Mon[A]tana, [D]give this child a home
Give him the [G]love of a good [A]family
and a [D]woman of his own
Give him a [G]fire in his [A]heart,
give him a [D]light in his [G]eyes
Give him the [D]wild wind for a brother
and the [A]wild Montana [D]skies

[Outro 1]
Oh, [G]oh Mon[A]tana, [D]give this child a home
Give him the [G]love of a good [A]family
and a [D]woman of his own
Give him a [G]fire in his [A]heart,
give him a [D]light in his [G]eyes
Give him the [D]wild wind for a brother
and the [A]wild Montana [D]skies
[G][A][D]