| SONGS: GUITAR: BEGINNER ACOUSTIC |
| Songs: New Rhythms |
Rocky Mountain High: Easy Chords |
Susan Mazer |
Rocky Mountain High is a folk-rock song written by John Denver that became a hit in 1973. It was inspired by his move to Aspen, Colorado three years earlier, and his love for the state. The song makes a reference to the destruction of the mountain's beauty by commercial tourism. The song briefly became controversial when the FCC cracked down on music deemed to promote drug abuse. Numerous radio stations cautiously banned the song. Denver publicly explained that the word "high" was his innocent description of the sense of peace he found in the Rockies. Oh, how things have change in the past 30 years. |
