Montana
James Taylor
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Intro :G A Em7 A
ID'm not smart enough for this life ID/C#'ve been livin' G/B A7/4
A litGtle G/F#bit slow for tEm7he pace of thAe dream.
IBmt's not I'mEm9/A ungratefGul for all I've beenEm9/A given;
But neEm7verthelAess just Gthe sameD...A
ID wish to my soul I was backD/C# in Montana G/B A7/4
High Gon my mountain andG/F# deep in the snoEm7w. A
UBmp in my cabiEm9/An over Gthe vallEm9/Aey UndeEm7r the AblanketDs wiD/C#th you
OBmo - -G -veEm7r the oceanA froBmm here.( OHH OEm9/BOH OHHH Em9/G Oh) A
OBmo- - G- - -veEm7r the mountaiAns from there( OHH OOH BmOHHH Oh)Em9/B Em9/G A
But who can Dimagine the scale of theD/C# forces that G/B A7/4
PGushed this old mountain G/F#range up in the sEm7ky? A
TBmectonic creEm9/Aation eroGsion mutatEm9/Aion; Somethin' Em7to pleasure God'sA eye. D
The world is Da wonder of lightnin' anD/C#d thunder G/B A7/4
And green ofG the ground as we fG/F#all from the skEm7y. A
The old Bmand new faEm9/Aces the tribGes and the races...Em9/A
TEm7housandsA of placesD to D/C#try..
Oo - --- ver the ocean fromhere( OHH OOH OHHH Oh) Oh)
Oo - - - -ver the mountains from there( OHH OOH OHHH
OEm9/Ane sits and waiEmts whAile Bmthe other one wanders
And Em9squandGmaj7ers his Em7time wAith a life on the road.
DEm9/Aown from the mountain Emacross the wideG ocean A
The worldBm is in motion anEm9d cannot be slowGed.A
EDnough for today... the demaD/C#nds of the moment G/B A7/4
The thing oGn my mind is thG/F#e work in my haEm7nd. A
WBmood for the woodstove aEm9/And water for GcoffeeEm9/A
SomEm7ethin' I Acan sGtill undDerstAand.
WDe got a few friends but not manyD/C# neighbors G/B A7/4
The trip Ginto town tG/F#akes us most of tEm7he day. A
ABmnd after "HelloEm9/A" and "it's sureG good to see Em9/Ayou"
ItEm7 seems like therAe's Dnothin' to say
OBmo - -Em9/B- - - - Em9/G --ver the ocAean from here. D