Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
Gsus4
G
Col or ado,
F
C
F
C
Colorado
F
When the world leaves you shivering
Gsus4
G
And the blizzard blows,
C
G
F
When the snow flies
C
F
and the night falls
C
F
G
There's a light in the window and
Gsus4
G
a place called home
F
G
Am
At the end of the storm.
F
Am
Verse 2
Am
One night on the mountain I was
headed for Estes
Dm
When the roads turned to ice
Em
and it started to snow,
Am
Put on the chains in a whirl
F
Am
of white powder,
Dm
Half way up to Berthoud near
Gsus4
G
a diner I know
Verse 3
C
And the light burned inside,
F
shining down through the snowfall
Bb
God it was cold and the
Am
F
temperature droppin',
C
Went in for coffee and
F
shivered as I drank it,
Bb
Warm in my hands in
Am
the steam as it rose.
Verse 4
Am
Sitting there at the counter was
a dark headed stranger,
Dm
Me and the owner and
Em
him keepin warm,
Am
Nodded hello and I said it's a cold one
Dm
Looks like there might be
Gsus4
G
a blizzard tonight -
Verse 5
C
And "yes", said the owner,"
F
There's a big storm on the mountain,
Bb
Good thing we're open,
Am
F
we could be here for hours
C
There's nothing for miles and
F
it's too late to get to Denver,
Bb
Better not try for the
Am
F
C
summit tonight".
Verse 6
G
F
And the snow fell
C
And the night passed
F
Gsus4
And I talked to the strangers
G
While the blizzard blew.
Interlude 1
Am
Verse 7
F
Me and the stranger, you know I
Am
don't talk to strangers,
Dm
I'm a private sort of person
Em
but a blizzard is a blizzard,
Am
And somehow I found myself
saying you'd left me,
Dm
Tellin' him everything I
G
wanted to say to you.
Verse 8
C
You know how it is when you
F
can talk to a stranger,
Bb
Am
Someone your quite sure
F
C
you'll never see again -
Soon we were laughin',
F
and talkin', and drinkin'
Bb
G
He said "you must know
C
you're too good for him".
Verse 9
G
F
And the snow fell
C
And the night passed
F
Gsus4
And I talked to the stranger
G
While the blizzard blew.
Am
Verse 10
The stranger said "Love it
Dm
can cry you a river -
Em
Me, I'm a loner cause I can 't
take the heartache
Am
And sometimes I'm a fighter when I
get too much whiskey -
Dm
Here have a little whiskey,
G
C
pretend you don't give a damn -
Verse 11
F
My cabin's up here on
the side of the mountain
Bb
Am
You can go up there and sleep
F
through the blizzard".
C
I put on my parka,
F
said goodbye to the owner
Bb
Am
F
C
Followed the stranger through the snow up the mountain
Interlude 2
side.
G
F
C
F
G
C
Gsus4
G
Am
Verse 12
Am
Woke in the morning to the
sun on the snow,
Dm
Em
My car was buried in six
feet of snow drifts,
Am
They dug me out,
just the owner and the stranger,
Dm
G
Sent me on my way when the
snowplow had been by
Verse 13
C
And the roads were all clear and
F
the sun on the mountains
Bb
Sparkled like diamonds on the
Am
F
C
peak to peak highway -
F
Bb
Then I knew that I would get over you,
knew you could leave me
G
C
But you'd never break me.
Verse 14
G
F
C
F
Colorado, Colorado
C
F
C
When the world leaves you shivering
Gsus4
G
C
And the blizzard blows,
G
F
When the snow flies
C
and the night falls
F
There's a light in the window
C
G
F
and a place called home
G
Am
F
C
At the end of the storm.
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