Going Camping

Words & music by Ray Charles
sung by John Denver
on Rocky Mountain Holiday (1983)

             
This song is actually written in three parts:
1st chorus: Voice No. 1
2nd chorus: Voice No. 2
3rd chorus: Voice No. 3
4th chorus: 1st, 2nd and 3rd voices sing simultaneously


                G          
Voice No. 1	I got my gear in my pack
		
		I got my pack on my back
                                           D
		Today's the day I'm going camping

		Just got the goahead sign

		the weather's gonna be fine
                                           G      D
		Today's the day I'm going camping
                           G
		I'm gonna pitch me a tent

		Won't have to pay any rent
                                               C
		It looks like ev'rything is "A O.K."
                          Am     D
		As far as I can see
                              G     E            A7 D    G
		I think it's gonna be a perfect camping day

                      G
Voice No. 2 	The trees and animals

		and clear blue skies
                                            D
		A waterfall comes tumbling right before my eyes

		Birds that fly 

		above a mountain stream
                                         G             D
		It's absolutely perfect better than a dream
                 G
		Peace and quiet

		where the Good Lord smiled
                                       C
		Fields and fields of flowers growing wild
                  Am D
		This is
                 G              E          A7     D         G
		just where I belong I'm a mother Nature's child

		      G
Voice No. 3	It's time to hit the trail

		To hit the hill and dale
                                          D 
		Oh, I love hiking in the mountains

		It's great to reach the snow

		And see the world below
                                          G     D      
		Oh, I love hiking in the mountains
                      G   
		Each time we stop to eat

		We get to rest our feet
                                               C
		And we'll make it if we take slow
                            Am           D
		'Cause the best way to climb
                         G        E        A7            D            G
		Is one step at a time and hicking is the only way to go

                  G
	I got my gear    in my   pack
    	     The trees   and     animals
	    It's time to hit the trail
	

	I got my  pack on      my  back
	      and clear blue       skies
	      To  hit the hill and dale

                                           D
	Today's the        day I'm going  camping
	A  waterfall comes tumb----ling   right before my eyes
	Oh, I   love       hiking  in the mountains__________


	Just got the  go---a---head      sign
    	              Birds    that      fly 
	         It's great to reach the snow


	the weather's gonna   be      fine
	  above  a    moun----tain    stream
	         And  see the world below

                                          G             D
	To---day's the    day I'm go-in' camp---ing
	It's abs-o-lutely per-----fect   better than a dream
	Oh,  I     love   hik-ing in the moun---tains______

                   G
	I'm gonna pitch me        a  tent  Won't
   	          Peace       and    qui------et
	      Each time   we stop to eat

 
	have  to  pay a--------ny  rent
	where the Good    Lord     smiled
	      We  get  to rest our feet

                                                   C
	It        looks like ev'rything is "A---O. K."
	          Fields     and  fields    of    flowers growing wild
	And we'll make       it   if    we take it slow

                       Am             D
	As far   as    I      can    see
    	             This             is
	  'Cause the best way     to climb

                      G               E 
	I think it's gon--------na    be 
	             just where I  be-long 
  	        Is   one step   at  a time 

                    A7            D            G
	a perfect  camp-----------ing         day
	     I'm a moth----er     Nat--ure's  child
	     and   hicking is the only way to go