[Intro]
D Em G  2x
A7
[Strophe]
       D                          Em     C       A 
He was born in the summer, of his twenty seventh year; 
       D                          Em     G 
Coming home to a place he'd never been before 
   D 
He left yesterday behind him, 
          Em         C     A 
you might say he was born again 
          D                      Em    G 
You might say he found a key for every door
[Strophe]
        D                                Em       C    A 
When he first came to the mountains, his life was far away; 
       D                Em   G 
On the road and hanging by a song 
        D                               Em      C      A 
But the string's already broken, and he doesn't really care; 
         D                           Em       G     A 
It keeps changing fast, and it don't last for long
[Refrain]
        G        A              D 
But the Colorado Rocky Mountain high 
     G               A           D 
I've seen it raining fire in the sky 
    G               A            D             G   A  G 
The shadow from the starlight is softer than a lul la by  
      A        D   Em    G 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado 
      A        D   Em    G     A7 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
[Strophe]
   D                                   Em     C        A 
He climbed cathedral mountains, he saw silver clouds below; 
       D                    Em      G 
he saw everything as far as you can see 
         D 
And they say that he got crazy once, 
       Em       C         A 
and he tried to touch the sun; 
       D                 Em       C   G 
And he lost a friend but kept the memory
[Strophe]
       D                            Em      C       A 
Now he walks in quiet solitude, the forests and the streams; 
        D              Em      G 
seeking grace in every step he takes  
    D                                  Em      C    A 
His sight has turned inside himself to try and understand; 
      D           Em         C        G 
the serenity of a clear blue mountain lake
[Refrain]
        G        A              D 
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high 
     G               A           D 
I've seen it raining fire in the sky 
G               A             D   G  A  G 
talk to God and listen to the casual re ply 
      A        D   Em    G 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado 
      A        D   Em    G     A7 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado
[Strophe]
        D 
Now his life is full of wonder, 
        Em          C          A 
but his heart still knows some fear; 
     D               Em     C     G 
of a simple thing he cannot comprehend 
         D 
Why they try to tear the mountains down, 
   Em         C      A 
To bring in a couple more; 
     D            Em     C       G 
more people, more scars upon the land
[Refrain]
        G        A              D 
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high 
     G               A           D 
I've seen it raining fire in the sky 
  G              A                D            G   A  G 
I know he'd be a poorer man if he never saw an eag le fly 
      A        D 
Rocky Mountain high
[Outro]
        G        A              D 
And the Colorado Rocky Mountain high 
     G               A           D 
I've seen it raining fire in the sky 
G                  A            D     A      G 
Friends around the campfire and every body's high 
      A        D   Em    G 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado 
      A        D   Em    G 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado 
A        D   Em    G 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado 
      A        D   Em    G 
Rocky Mountain high, Colorado . . .