James Taylor - Montana Chords

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.