F#C#
I was only seventeen,
BC#F#
just a small town beauty queen
C#B
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
BC#F#
ought to see a far-off place,
C#B
a place where eagles fly, where mountains touch the sky,
C#F#
a place so wild and free.
[Chorus]
B
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
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!
C#BC#F#
[Verse 2]
F#C#
All the pretty things he said
BC#F#
Took my heart, went to my head
F#C#B
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.
BC#F#
Wanted in most every place!
C#B
I'm nothing in his hands -This devil's not the man.
C#F#
That's what he lies with me.
[Chorus]
B
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
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!
[Final Chorus]
GC
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!