Wrangell Mountain Song

Words & Music by John Denver
from Spirit (1976)

Unusual chords:
G/F#   :  22|||3
Em/D   :  ||||||


C  D7  G  G/F#  Em  Em/D  C  D7  G  

 G               D              G  G7
Sunday and it's rainin' in Alaska,
 C            D7               G  G7
seven days I haven't seen the sun
        C            D              G       G/F#  Em  Em/D
Flyin' bush, flyin' low along the shoreline
      C             D7             G  G7
Doin' ev'rithing I can to make it home.

          C      D                   G      G7
I can't wait to see the Wrangell Mountains.
         C       D7             G          G7
I can't wait to do what I will do.
 C            D7              G       G/F#   Em Em/D
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
        C     C/B     Am       D7      G      
When I can't wait to get back home to you.

   G                  D               G       G7
Three years from the war and settled down now,
   C               D7                G   G7
I did my time and served my country well.
         C            D7      G    G/F#      Em       Em/D
In the freedom I defended I fly beneath the North Star,
       C                 D7            G   G7
And I just don't know a better way to feel.

          C      D                   G     G7
I can't wait to see the Wrangell Mountains.
         C       D7             G   G7
I can't wait to do what I will do.
 C            D7              G       G/F#   Em Em/D
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
        C     C/B     Am       D7      G
When I can't wait to get back home to you.

        Em             C              G
It's a quiet life out here among the mountains
      Em              A7                  D7
In a cabin that was built with these two hands.

 G             D                G      G7
Carthy lies asleep beside the glacier,
      C         D7               G   G7
It's colder now, winter's in the air.
C                     D7               G         G/F#       Em   Em/D
If you think they're wild It's just because they can't be broken,
          C               D7             G    G7
It's a strong and gentle people livin' there.

          C      D                   G     G7
I can't wait to see the Wrangell Mountains.
         C       D7             G  G7
I can't wait to do what I will do.
 C            D7              G       G/F#   Em Em/D
Honey, did I never say how time goes by so slowly
        C     C/B     Am       D7      G
When I can't wait to get back home to you.