Rocky Mountain High
by John Denver • Lesson #160 • Jul 17, 2018
Licensed Song Sheet 3 pages
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Buy at Musicnotes.comAbout This Lesson
In this lesson I’ll show you how to play “Rocky Mountain High” by John Denver. I’ll explain the chords needed, how to tune your guitar to Drop-D, playing the main riff (with tabs), and how to strum the verse & chorus section. This is a fun song to play, whether you want to get advanced with it or keep it simple.
- 0:00 Playthrough & greeting
- 2:07 Tuning & capo
- 2:51 How to play the main riff
- 10:45 Chords shapes needed
- 11:58 Verse w/ strumming
- 13:27 Chorus
Related Lessons
Here’s a few of the other lessons I’ve made that will help with this song! The big topics to keep in mind are Drop D tuning, which lets you get that low D bass note on the thickest string. I also made a lesson with some advice on getting your fretting hand’s pinky to stretch to that 4th fret note (3rd and/or 4th string), which is necessary to nail the main riff in this song.
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