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