Chords for Judy Collins - "The Blizzard" 1989

[C#] I guess must have inspired me and I realized I [G#m] had never written a song about Colorado.
A lot of things that [C#] maybe _ were inspired by [N] Colorado but that you wouldn't know were about Colorado.
So here's my _ Colorado song _ called The Blizzard. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [G#] Colorado, [F#] _
_ _ _ _ Colorado, _ [C#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#] when _ the world [F#] leaves you shivering _
_ [C#] _ and the blizzard [D#] _ [G#] blows, _ _
when [C#] _ _ the snow _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] flies and the [C#] night _ _ [F#] falls, _ [C#] _ _ there's a light in [F#] the window _
_ [C#] _ and a place _ [G#] called _ home _ [F#] _ _ at the end of the [A#m] storm. _
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_ [A#m] One night on the mountain I [F#] was headed for Estes [D#m] when the roads turned to [G#] ice and it started to snow.
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Put on the chains in [F#] a whirl [D#m] of [A#m] white powder, [D#m]
halfway up to Burset near a diner [G#] I know.
And [C#] the lights burned in sight shining _
[F#] down through the _ snowfall.
[B] Got yours cold [A#m] and the temperature _ [F#] dropping.
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Went in for coffee and [F#] I shivered as I drank it. _
[B] Warm in my [A#m] hands in the steam as it rose. _ _ _
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_ _ [A#m] _ Sitting there at the counter [F#] was a dark-headed stranger,
[D#m] me and the owner [Fm] and him keeping _ warm.
[A#m] _ Nodded hello and [F#] I said it's a cold [D#m] one.
Looks like it might be a blizzard tonight.
[C#] And _ yes said the owner [F#] there's a big storm on the mountain. _
[B] Good thing we're [F#] open we [A#m] could be here for [F#] _ [C#] hours, nothing for miles.
[F#] And it's too late to get to Denver, [B]
better not [A#m] try for the summit [F#] _ tonight.
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_ _ And the [A#] snow _ [G#] fell _ [F#] _ _
and the [C#] night _ _ [F#] passed _ [C#] _ _
and I talked [F#] to the _ _ strangers [C#] _ _
_ while the [G#] blizzard _ blew.
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_ _ _ _ [A#m] Me and the stranger, you [F#] know I don't talk to strangers.
[D#m] I'm a private sort of person [Fm] but a blizzard is a blizzard.
And [A#m] somehow I found [F#] myself saying you'd left me, [D#m] telling him everything I wanted [G#] to say to you.
[C#] You know how it is when you [F#] can talk to a stranger, _ [B] someone you know [A#m] that you'll never [F#] see _ [C#] again.
Soon we're _ _ [F#] _ _
_ drinking, _ [B] he said you must [A#] know you're [G#] too good for [C#] _ _
him.
And the [A#] snow _ _ _ fell [F#] _ _
and the _ [C#] night _ passed [F#] _ _ [C#] _ _
[F#] and I [C#] talked [F#] to a _ stranger _ [C#] _ _
while the blizzard blew.
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_ _ _ [A#m] _ Stranger said love it [F#] can cry you a river.
_ [D#m] Me I'm a loner [G#] and I can't take the heartache.
[A#m] And sometimes I'm a fighter [F#] when I drink too much whiskey.
_ [D#m] Here have a little whiskey, [G#] pretend you don't give a [C#] damn.
Up _ _ here [F#] on the side of the mountain _ [B] you can go up [A#m] there and sleep.
[F#] Through the blizzard [C#] I put on my partner, [F#] said goodbye to the owner.
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Follow the stranger [A#m] through the snow [F#] up the mountain.
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_ _ _ _ [A#m] Woke in the morning to [F#] the sun on the [D#m] snow.
_ My car was buried [Fm] in six feet of snow drifts.
[A#m] The stranger dug me out, [F#] just him and the owner.
[D#m] Sent me on my way when the snow cloud had been by.
[C#] And the roads were all clear and [F#] the sun on the mountain [B] _
sparkled like diamonds [A#m] on the peak to [F#] peak highway.
[C#] Then _ _ _ _ [F#] that I would get over [B] you, knew you could leave me [A#] but you'd [G#] never _ [C#] break _ me.
_ _ [Fm] Colorado, [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
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Colorado, when the world [F#] leaves you shivery _ _ [G#] _
[C#] and the blizzard _ [G#] _
_ _ _ [C#] blows. _
_ When the snow _ [G#] flies _ _ [F#] _ _
and the [C#] night _
_ _ [F#] falls.
[C#] _ _
There's a light, [F#] a window _ _ _ [C#] and a place [A#] called _ [G#] home _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ at the _ _ end of [A#m] the story.
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_ _ [N] _ _ I was always passionate about music. _