Introdu??o: D5 G5 A5 D5 D5 G5 D5 He was born in the Bitteroot Valley in the early morning rain D5 A5 Wild geese over the water, heading north and home again D5 G5 D5 Bringin' a warm wind from the south, bringin' the first taste of the spring A5 D5 His mother took him to her breast and softly she did sing Refr?o: G5 A5 D5 D5 Oh, Montana, give this child a home G5 A5 D5 D5 Give him the love of a good family and a woman of his own G5 A5 D5 G5 Give him a fire in his heart, give him a light in his eyes D5 A5 D5 Give him the wild wind for a brother and the wild Montana skies D5 G5 A5 D5 D5 G5 D5 His mother died that summer and he never learned to cry D5 A5 He never knew his father and he never did ask why D5 G5 D5 He never knew the answers that would make an easy way A5 D5 But he learned to know the wilderness and to be a man that way G5 D5 His mother's brother took him in to his family and his home A5 Gave him a hand that he could lean on and a strength to call hiS (A)own D5 G5 D5 And he learned to be a farmer and he learned to love the land A5 D5 And he learned to read the seasons and he learned to make a stand Refr?o... D5 G5 A5 D5 D5 G5 D5 On the eve of his 21st birthday, he set out on his own D5 A5 He was 30 years and runnin' when he found his way back home D5 G5 D5 Ridin' a storm across the mountains and in achin' in his heart A5 D5 Said he came to turn the pages and to make a brand new start G5 D5 Now he never told the story of the time that he was gone A5 Some say he was a lawyer, some say he was a john D5 G5 D5 There was something in the city that he said he couldn't breathe A5 D5 There was something in the country that he said he couldn't leave Refr?o.. D5 G5 A5 D5 D5 G5 D5 Now some say he was crazy and some are glad he's gone D5 A5 But some of us will miss him and we'll try to carry on D5 G5 D5 Giving a voice to the forest, giving a voice to the dawn A5 D5 Giving a voice to the wilderness and the land that he lived on Refr?o 2x...
