Chords for Townes Van Zandt - Colorado Girl- Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues

[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I'm headed out to Denver, _
[A] see if I can't [E] find, [A] _ _ _
[E] _ _ well [A] I'm headed out [E] to Denver, _ see if I can't
find _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [B] that loving _ [A] Colorado _ girl [E] of mine. _ _ _
_ _ _ Well the promise in her smile, [A] _ the shame's a [E] mountain's
tall.
_ [F#] _
[E] _ _ Oh the promise in her smile, _ the shame's [A] a mountain's [B] tall. _ _ _
_ _ [E] She can bring [B] the sun to
shine, _
[A] she can tell the rain [E] to fall. _ _ _
_ _ Oh it's been a long time mama, _ since [A] I heard you call [E] my name. _ _ _
_ _ Oh it's been [A] a long time mama, _ since I heard you call my [E] name.
_ I _ _ _ [B] got to see [F#] my _ [A] Colorado girl [E] again.
Be _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ there tomorrow, _ _
[A] oh mama _ [E] don't you cry.
_ _ [F#] _
[E] Be there [A] tomorrow, _ _ _ oh mama don't [E] you cry. _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] Gonna tell these _ [A] lonesome Texas blues [E] goodbye. _ _ _
_ _ _ Well when you're lost in the rain, and war is,
and it's [A] Easter [E] time too, _ [B] _ _
_ _ [E] _ and your gravity fails, [A] negativity don't pull you [E] through.
[B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Well don't you
put on any airs, when you're down on the room [E] or governor.
_ _ [A] _
[E] They _ _ [B] got some hungry women there, _
[C] [A] they
really make a mess out of [E] you. _ _ _
_ _ _ Oh sweet Melinda, the peasants call her the goddess of gloom. _ _
_ _ _ Oh she
speaks good English, [A] invites you up into [B] [E] her room.
_ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Oh and you're so kind, _ _ careful not to go to her too [E] soon. _ _ _
_ _ And [B] she takes your voice, _
[A] and leaves you howling [E] at the moon.
_ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ _ _ You see sweet Annie, _
[A] please tell her
thanks a lot.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ Well I cannot move, [A] my fingers are all tied [Em] in a knot.
[E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] I haven't got the strength _ to
get up and take another [E] shot.
_ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] And my [B] best friend, my doctor, [A]
he won't even tell me what it is I [E] got.
_ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ Well up on the house in Project Hill, [F#m] _
[E] it's either fortune or [E] fame.
[B] _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _
[E] _ _ You must pick one or the other,
[A] well neither's gonna be what they [E] claim. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] And if you're looking to get silly, you better go back to [E] from where you came.
_ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ [B] Cause the cops don't need you, [Em] _
[A] but they expect the [E] same.
_ _ [A] _ [E] _
_ _ Well I started out on burgundy, [A] I soon hit the
harder [E] stuff.
_ [F#m] _ [E] _
_ _ And everybody said they'd stand [A] behind me when the game got [E] rough.
_ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] Although when I turned around,
there wasn't even anybody there that I could [E] bluff.
_ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ I'm headed [B] back to New York City. _
[A] I do believe I had enough.
[E] Well _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ I'm headed out to Denver, _
[A] _ see if I [E] can't find. _ _
_ _ _ [A] I'm headed out to Denver, _ see if I [E] can't [B] find.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [B] That loving [F#] _
Colorado [A] _ _ [E] girl of mine. _ _
_ _ _ Oh that [B] loving [F#] _
[A] Colorado _ [E] girl of mine. _ _
[E] _ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] Thanks again y'all.
See you soon. _ _ _ _ _
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