Why Not Colorado

	  		
 
 

Intro: 	E   	 	Asus2    	 	B    		E 
                             
E                                                 Asus2      
We came so far,   me  my lone  star,     baby 
                E                                                     Asus2      
Leavin's so hard,      but this ol' heart,   is breakin' 
G                                                                     C                                               B 
       Come mornin' I'm Denver bound         Gonna set my sights on higher ground 

 E                            C#m                        F#m                       B       
Why not Colorado               far away across the Great Divide 
                                 E                     C#m                              F#m                       G# 
High above the sorrow,                          who needs love above the timber line 
                              C#m         Bm                              A                          Am 
Why die in Amarillo,         woah  oh                        just as flat as the Texas plains 
                             F#m                                    B                                        E 
Let no memory follow     I'll be gone tomorrow        Why not Colorado                 
 

                        E                                                                        Asus2      
The love we made here,    has got to stay here        But not    me 
                    E                                                            Asus2      
I'm gonna trade tears,  when he plays where -          I won't     be 
G 					C                                                    B 
       Some fool in a dust bowl town         Prayin' that you'll come around 

 E                            C#m                        F#m                       B       
Why not Colorado               far away across the Great Divide 
                                 E                     C#m                                 F#m                       G# 
High above the sorrow,                          who needs love above the timber line 
                              C#m              Bm                              A                                Am 
Why die in Amarillo,           whoa  oh       but just as flat as the Texas plains 
                               F#m                                     B                                              E      F#   G 
	Let no memory follow     I'll be gone tomorrow        Why not   Colorado                                       
 

Bridge

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        I've got friends who say,    that a heart heals fast in Mexico 
  
G				                       B        Bsus	B                     E    C#m    F#m    B 
        But I need rain or snow      to bury the memory of one Texas home 

 E                            C#m                        F#m                       B       
Why not Colorado               far away across the Great Divide 
                                 E                     C#m                              F#m                       G# 
High above the sorrow,                          who needs love above the timber line 
                              C#m         Bm                                   A                                Am 
Why die in Amarillo,           oh  oh           but just as flat as the Texas plains 
                               F#m                                     B                                            E 
	Let no memory follow     I'll be gone tomorrow        Why not Colorado               
 


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	Let no memory follow     I'll be gone tomorrow        Why not Colorado