Dancing With The Mountains

Words & Music by John Denver
from Autograph (1980)

Tune 6th String to D

Unusual Chords
G6     550000

D          /             /            /
D          /             /            /
D
Ev'rybody's got the dancing fever
D
Ev'rybody loves to rock and roll.
D
Play it louder baby, play is faster,
D
Funky music's gotta stretch your soul.

D
Just relax and let the rhythm take you,
D
Don't you be afraid to lose control.
D
If your heart has found some empty spaces,
D
Dancin's just a thing to make you whole.

G                                 D
I am one who dances with the mountains.
G                             D
I am one who dances in the wind, wo wo;
G                            D
I am one who dances on the ocean, wo,wo
    G                   G6                 D
My partner's more than pieces, more than friends.

(8 Bar instumental) D   /   /   /   /   /   /   /

D
Were you there the night they lost the lightning?
D
Were you there the day the earth stood still?
D
Did you see the famous and the fighting?
D
Did you hear the prophet tell his tale?

G                                     D
We are one when dancing with the mountains, wo wo;
G                                D
We are one when singing in the wind, wo wo;
G                                   D
We are one when thinking of each other
           G                   G6                 D
More then partner's more than pieces, more than friends.

D   /   /   /   /   /   /

Copyright 1979 Cherry Lane Music Pub.