Intro D - 4 bars
G D C D G x2
[Verse 1]
G D
I was only seventeen,
C D G
just a small town beauty queen
D C
when a handsome guy went and got my eye.
D G D
Such a sight to see!
G D
He said such a pretty face
C D G
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!
D C D G
[Verse 2]
G D
All the pretty things he said
C D G
Took my heart, went to my head
G D C
But the soft gui-tars, the nights beneath the stars
D G D
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]
G# C#
Oh, oh, oh, Colorado
G#
You got me messing with a desperado
D#
My mamma 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!