Yellowstone, Coming Home

Words & Music by John Denver
sung at the Aspen Memorial Service (1997)


D   G          D           G          D
Oh-ooo	   oh-ooo      oh-ooo     oh-ooo

         G             A      D
Oh, the Yellowstone,  Oh the buffalo free
        G                 A            D
Oh, my brother the wolf, my lover the moon
         G          A        D
Oh, the little one, oh, the joy that I fell
         G                A             D
Oh, the love in my heart, a wilderness song

D   G          D         G        D
Oh-ooo     0h-ooo    oh-ooo   oh-ooo


         G         A      D   
Oh, the waterfall, Oh the river that runs
        G                A              D
Oh, my brother the wind, my sister the sea
               G     A       D
Oh, the ocean shore, oh the castles of stone
        G            A          D
Oh, the mountain top calling to me

D   G          D                      G        D
Oh-ooo     oh-ooo, coming home    oh-ooo   oh-ooo

  G                                  D
Returning, forever returning, coming home
  G                                  D   A
Belonging, forever belonging, never alone

        G        A       D
Oh, the mystery, Oh the dreaming of dreams
        G              A             D
Oh, my brother my own, my sister my own
        G           A        D
Oh, the tenderness, Oh, the longing for love
        G              A                 D
Oh, the beautiful way, the sweet coming home
D   G          D                      G        D
Oh-ooo     oh-ooo, coming home    oh-ooo   oh-ooo