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He was born in the sum-mer 

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of his twen-ty sev-enth year,

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com-in' home to a place he'd nev-er been be-fore.

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He left yes-ter-day be-hind him, 

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you might say he was born a-gain.

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you might say he found a key for ev-'ry door

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When he first came to the moun-tains 

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his life was far a-way,

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on the road and hang-in' by a song

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But the string's al-read-y bro-ken

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and he does-n't real-ly care.

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It keeps chang-in' fa-st 

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and it don't la-st for long.

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But the Col-a-ra-do Rock-y Moun-tain Hi-gh

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I've seen it rain-in' fire i-n the sky.

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The shad-ow from the star-li-g-ht 

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is soft-er than a lull-a-by.

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Rock-y Moun-tain High, Rock-y Moun-tain High.