Intro D# - 4 bars
G# D# C# D# G# x2
[Verse 1]
G# D#
I was only seventeen,
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just a small town beauty queen
D# C#
when a handsome guy went and got my eye.
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Such a sight to see!
G# D#
He said such a pretty face
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ought to see a far-off place,
D# C#
a place where eagles fly, where mountains touch the sky,
D# G#
a place so wild and free.
[Chorus]
C#
Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
G#
You got me messing with a desperado.
D#
My mama told me I was crazy to go
G#
When you're in love you're such a fool, don't you know
C#
Oh, oh, oh Colorado
G#
I gave my life away with nothing to show
D#
and now I'm living with a man and a gun.
G#
I'm just a fool on the run!
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[Verse 2]
G# D#
All the pretty things he said
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Took my heart, went to my head
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But the soft gui-tars, the nights beneath the stars
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were a fanta- sy.
G# D#
He had such a "wanted" face.
C# D# G#
Wanted in most every place!
D# C#
I'm nothing in his hands -This devil's not the man.
D# G#
That's what he lies with me.
[Chorus]
C#
Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
G#
You got me messing with a desperado.
D#
My mama told me I was crazy to go.
G#
When you're in love you're such a fool, don't you know
C#
Oh, oh, oh Colorado
G#
I gave my life away with nothing to show
D#
and now I'm living with a man and a gun.
G#
I'm just a fool on the run!
[Final Chorus]
A D
Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
A
You got me messing with a desperado
E
My mamma told me I was crazy to go
A
When you're in love you're such a fool, don't you know
D
Oh, oh, oh Colorado
A
I gave my life away with nothing to show.
E
And now I'm living with a man and a gun.
A
I'm just a fool on the run!