James Taylor - Montana

      
 
 Verse 1
 C - 2nd fret
 D                             Em             A7     
 I'm not smart enough for this life I've been livin',
   G                       Em          A     
 A little bit slow for the pace of the dream.
      Bm                     G                   
 It's not I'm ungrateful for all I've been given;
     Em            A        D      
 But nevertheless, just the same...
 
 Verse 2
 D                        Em          A7   
 I wish to my soul, I was back in Mon-tana,
 G                       Em          A    
 High on my mountain and deep in the snow.
 Bm              G                Em        A             D   
 Up in my cabin, over the valley, Under the blankets with you.
 
 Chorus
 Bm G A D A 
      

 O------------ O------ ver the ocean from here.
 

 Bm G A D A 
      

 O------------ O-------ver the mountains from there.
 

 
 Verse 3
 D                   Em           A7    
 Who can imagine the scale of the forces
      G                              Em        A   
 That pushed this old mountain range up in the sky?
     Bm                G                
 Tec-tonic creation, e-rosion, mutation;
 Em           A              D   
 Somethin' to pleasure God's eye.
 
 Verse 4
 D                        Em            A7      
 The world is a wonder of lightnin' and thunder,
     G                         Em            A   
 And green of the ground as we fall from the sky.
     Bm                     G                      
 The old and new faces, the tribes and the races...
 Em           A         D   
 Thousands of places to try.
 
 Chorus
 Bm G A D A 
      

 O------------ O------ ver the ocean from here.
 

 Bm G A D A 
      

 O------------ O-------ver the mountains from there.
 

 
 Verse 5
 D            Em              A         Bm      
 One sits and waits while the other one wanders,
     G             Em          A                
 And squanders his time with a life on the road.
 Bm                        G                    
 Down from the mountain, a-cross the wide ocean,
     Bm                     A         D      
 The world is in motion and cannot be slowed.
 
 Verse 6
 D                          Em           A7     
 Enough for today... the de-mands of the moment,
     G                       Em         A    
 The thing on my mind is the work in my hand.
 Bm                         G                
 Wood for the woodstove and water for coffee,
 Em               A          D     
 Somethin' I can still under-stand.
 
 Verse 7
 D                        Em       A7        
 We got a few friends but not many neighbors,
     G                       Em          A   
 The trip into town takes us most of the day.
     Bm                        G                     
 And after, "Hello", and "it's sure good to see you",
    Emm                A          D   
 It seems like there's nothin' to say.
 
 Outro
 Bm G A D 
     

 O------------ O------ ver the ocean from here.