Spring
Words & Music by John Denver, Mike Taylor and Dick Kniss
from Rocky Mountain High (1972)
C Bb/F F C Bb/F F C Bb/F F
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?
Bb/F F C
Bb/F F C
Bb/F F C
Bb/F F C
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.
Bb/F F C
Bb/F F C
Bb/F F C