COLORADO CHRISTMAS - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "A Nitty Gritty Christmas" Chords

Tempo:
75.5 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

Dm

Bb

F

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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COLORADO CHRISTMAS - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - "A Nitty Gritty Christmas" chords
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We're gonna do the first Christmas song that Nitty Gritty ever recorded.
We had asked a friend of ours, the late great Stevie Goodman, to write a song for us.
Stevie thought we were kidding, and the first thing he came up with was something called
Hey Santa, I want a Corvette in my stocking.
And we said, no, we're serious, man.
And he came up with a song that, at least in the Rockies, we hear this six, seven times a day.
And we put it on the album, we hope you enjoy.
It's called Colorado Christmas.
[Dm] [G]
[C] Looking out the window of this Hollywood [Dm] hotel
[G] You'd never know that it was [C] Christmas Eve
The billboards and the neon took the place of [Dm] silver bells
[G] And the temperature is 84 [C] degrees
I [Dm] can hear the traffic [G] on the crowded strip below
[Dm] As the palm trees poke their heads above [G] the seams
But [C] there's not a single rain deer [Dm] and it hardly ever snows
[G] And Santa drives a Rolls Royce [C] limousine
[Bb] But all along [F] the Rockies you [C] can feel it in the air
[Bb] From [F] Telluride to Boulder [G] down below
The [C] closest thing to heaven [Dm] on this planet anywhere
[G] Is a quiet Christmas morning in the [C] Colorado snow
[Dm] [G]
[C] I remember Christmases when I was [Dm] just a boy
[G] In the morning I would run to see the [C] trees
And the carolers on the hillside sang [Dm] their songs of Christmas joy
[G] Well I always thought they sang them just [C] for me
[Dm] Now the sun is setting [G] in the California sky
And [Dm] I can't find the spirit [G] anywhere
So [C] I think it's time for me to tell [Dm] Los Angeles goodbye
[G] I'm going back home to look for [C] Christmas there
[Bb] But all along [F] the Rockies you [C] can feel it in the air
[Bb] From [F] Telluride to Boulder down [G] below
[C] The closest thing to heaven [Dm] on this planet anywhere
[G] Is a quiet Christmas morning in the [C] Colorado snow
[Dm] [G] It's a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado [C] snow
[N]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
Bb
12341111
F
134211111
G
2131
C
3211
Dm
2311
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To jam and learn Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Colorado Christmas chords, your primary focus should be mastering these chords sequence: G, Dm, G, C and Dm. A strategic approach would be to train at 38 BPM initially, and then accelerate to the song's tempo of 76. Adapt the capo setting considering your vocal range, with reference to the key: C Major.

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_ _ We're gonna do the first Christmas song that Nitty Gritty ever recorded.
We had asked a friend of ours, the late great Stevie Goodman, to write a song for us. _
_ Stevie thought we were kidding, and the first thing he came up with was something called
Hey Santa, I want a Corvette in my stocking.
And we said, no, we're serious, man.
And he came up with a song that, at least in the Rockies, we hear this six, seven times a day.
And we put it on the album, we hope you enjoy.
It's called Colorado Christmas. _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ Looking out the window of this Hollywood [Dm] hotel _
[G] You'd never know that it was [C] Christmas Eve _
The billboards and the neon took the place of [Dm] silver bells
_ [G] And the temperature is 84 [C] degrees
I _ [Dm] can hear the traffic [G] on the crowded strip below
[Dm] As the palm trees poke their heads above [G] the seams
But [C] there's not a single rain deer [Dm] and it hardly ever snows
[G] And Santa drives a Rolls Royce [C] limousine
_ [Bb] But all along [F] the Rockies you [C] can feel it in the air
[Bb] From [F] Telluride to Boulder [G] down below
The [C] closest thing to heaven [Dm] on this planet anywhere
[G] Is a quiet Christmas morning in the [C] Colorado snow _ _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ I remember Christmases when I was [Dm] just a boy
_ [G] In the morning I would run to see the [C] trees
_ _ And the carolers on the hillside sang [Dm] their songs of Christmas joy
[G] Well I always thought they sang them just [C] for me
_ _ [Dm] Now the sun is setting [G] in the California sky
And [Dm] I can't find the spirit [G] anywhere
So [C] I think it's time for me to tell [Dm] Los Angeles goodbye
[G] I'm going back home to look for [C] Christmas there
_ _ [Bb] But all along [F] the Rockies you [C] can feel it in the air
[Bb] From [F] Telluride to Boulder down [G] below
_ [C] The closest thing to heaven [Dm] on this planet anywhere
[G] Is a quiet Christmas morning in the [C] Colorado snow _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] It's a quiet Christmas morning in the Colorado [C] _ snow _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

This song was authored by Steve Goodman.

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