Spring

Words & Music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
from Rocky Mountain High (1972)


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C              Em7              F         C
Open up your eyes and see the brand new day,
    F                  Am              C  G
a clear blue sky and brighty shining sun,
C             Em7                F       C
open up your ears and hear the breezes say
F                  Am               G
ev’rything that’s cold and gray is gone.
C              Em                F              C
Open up your hands and feel the rain come on down,
           F                   Am               C   G 
taste the wind and smell the flowers’ sweet perfume.
C             Em7              F          C
Open up your mind and let the light shine in,
F                 Am                G
earth has been reborn and life goes on.

     F     			   C
And do you care what’s happening around you?
	 F 		                   C      G
Do your senses know the changes when they come?
         F				C	
Can you see yourself reflected in the seasons?
        F       		      C   
Can you understand the need to carry on?

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C		Em7	  F		   C
Riding on the tapestry of all there is to see
    F       	 Am 	       C   G
so many ways and oh, so many things.
   C           Em7	            F    	     C
Rejoicing the diff’rences, there’s no one just like me,
        F 	       Am                   G
Yet as diff’rent as we are we’re still the same.
    F		    	    C
And oh, I love the life within me,

   F			       C   G
I feel a part of ev’rything I see.
    F			     C
And oh, I love the life around me,
   F	      		         C  
a part of ev’rything is here in me,
   F				C		
a part of ev’rything is here in me,
   F			        C
a part of ev’rything is here in me.

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