John Denver – Rocky Mountain High

Learn how to play John Denver – Rocky Mountain High note-for-note on guitar.
Difficulty level: Intermediate
Barre chords: No
Thumb over chords: No
Playing Style: Strummed. Flat-picked throughout with a mixture of picked notes and strumming.
Tuning: Drop D
The lesson teaches John Denver’s guitar part from the original studio recording. It’s one of his more tricky guitar parts with the biggest challenge being to synchronise the guitar part with the vocal.
The complete file contains a lesson video, a performance play thru video, full tabs, chords and lyrics. You’ll receive a link to download the lesson which will download as a zip file of 167 Mb containing all the lesson content.
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You’ll receive at least two videos per song, one lesson and one performance-standard play-through. You’ll receive the chords/lyrics and guitar tabs as PDF files.
The videos are mp4 format and should play on PC’s, Macs and most mobile devices.
They will download as Zip files. If you don’t have a Zip program on your PC you’ll need to install one to open the file.
If you want to download to an iPad or iPhone you’ll need an app to do so, please read here to know more about it.
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Earl Troy says
Hi Jerry, can you please include the song “Today” by John Denver in your list? Thanks a lot.
Jerry says
Already on the list Earl. I’ll be getting to it.
Fred Pineda says
Hi Jerry I purchased John Denver High. Can you please resend the song. Thanks Fred