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 |  Em/D   |   A/D   |   G/D   |
E|----3----|----5----|----3----|
B|----5----|----5----|----3----|
G|----4----|----6----|----4----|
D|----0----|----0----|----0----|
A|----X----|----X----|----X----|
E|----X----|----X----|----X----|

D - Em/D - A/D - G/D - D

D - Em/D - A/D - G/D - D


         D                         Em/D
You know sometimes I can't get to sleep at night -
        A/D      G/D         D
I can't quiet my heart or my mind.
  D                   Em/D
I toss and I turn, I ache and I burn,
      A/D           G/D          D
I get caught in the passing of time.
          D               Em/D
It's like too many miles, too many heartaches,
A/D           G/D           D
Too much that needs to be done.
         D                   Em/D
Yes, and too many sidewalks, too many people,
A/D      G/D      D
Too many hours alone.


D
What's on your mind and what's on my mind
Em/D
Is really quite the same.
          G                       Em
I've been working so hard and I'm ready to play;
A/D    G/D            D
I know just the right game.
D
What's on your mind is what's on my mind -
Em/D
That's the way it's gonna be.
G                      Em
I'm gonna find me a place I can hide;
A/D        G/D            D
I want you right next to me.


D - Em/D - A/D - G/D - D

D - Em/D - A/D - G/D - D - B7


    E                        F#m
Oh, I've never seen a more beautiful day -
        G#m      F#m    B7   E - B7
It's my favorite time of the year.
    E                    F#m
The colors are changing, she's rearranging,
    G#m    F#m     B7 E - B7
And I'm so glad to be here.
          E                          F#m
I've been up and around, I've been lost, I've been found,
          G#m          F#m     B7 E - B7
I've seen love face to face in my dreams.
        E                          F#m
And the things that I know and the things that I show
        G#m    F#m       B7   E - B7
Are not always just what they seem.


E                     (Emaj7)
What's on your mind is what's on my mind -
F#m               (F#mmaj7)
It's just that way.
          A                   (Amaj7)
It's like catching a ride on a beautiful river,
       G#m      F#m  B7 - E - B7
Let it carry us all away.
E                      (Emaj7)
What's on your mind and what's on my mind
F#m                  (F#mmaj7)
Is really nothing new -
        A                     (Amaj7)
I wanna get you alone, I wanna make you my own, baby,
G#m     F#m      B7    E - B7
I wanna make love with you.

(Words and music by John Denver, 1978)

Notes: In most recordings, the major seventh chords in the second and third choruses are absent.