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