Wild Montana Skies

[Intro]d: D G A D D G D He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain D A Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again D G D Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring A D His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing G A D D7 Oh, Montana, give this child a home G A D D7 Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own G A D G Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes D A D D G A D Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies D G D His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry D A He never knew his father and he never did ask why D G D He never knew the answers that would make an easy way A D But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way G D His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home A Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call his own D G D And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land A D And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stande G A D D7 Oh, Montana, give this child a home G A D D7 Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own G A D G Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes D A D D G A D Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies D G D On the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own D A He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home D G D Ridin' a storm across the mountains and in achin' in his heart A D Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start G D Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone A Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john D G D There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe A D There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave G A D D7 Oh, Montana, give this child a home G A D D7 Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own G A D G Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes D A D D G A D Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies Instrumental solo: distinction to banjo D G D Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone D A But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on D G D Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn A D Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on G A D D7 Oh, Montana, give this child a home G A D D7 Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own G A D G Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes D A D Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies G A D D7 Oh, Montana, give this child a home G A D D7 Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own G A D G Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes D A D Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies