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