CGFC
Colorado, Colorado
CFCF
When the world leaves you shivering
FG
And the blizzard blows
CGFC
When the snow flies and the night falls
Am
There's a light in the window
FG
And a place called home
FAm
At the end of the storm
Am
One night on the mountain I was headed for Estes
FG
When the roads turned to ice and it started to snow
Am
Put on the chains in a whirl of white powder
FG
Halfway up to Berthoud near a diner I know
C
And the light burned inside, shining down through the snowfall
GFG
God, it was cold, and the temperature droppin'
C
Went in for coffee and I shivered as I drank it
GF
Warming my hands in the steam as it rose
Am
Sitting there at the counter was a dark-headed stranger
AmFG
Me and the owner and him keeping warm
Am
Nodded hello and I said, "It's a cold one.
AmFG
Looks like there might be a blizzard tonight,"
C
And "Yes," said the owner, "There's a big storm on the mountain.
GFG
Good thing we're open; we could be here for hours.
C
There's nothing for miles, and it's too late to get to Denver.
GFG
Better not try for the summit tonight."
CG
And the snow fell
FC
And the night passed
CFAm
And I talked to the strangers
AmFGAm
As the blizzard blew
Am
Me and the stranger, you know I don't talk to strangers
FG
I'm a private sort of person, but a blizzard is a blizzard
Am
And somehow I found myself saying you'd left me
FG
Telling him everything I wanted to say to you.
C
You know how it is when you can talk to a stranger
GFG
Someone you're quite sure you'll never see again
C
Soon we were talkin' and laughin' and drinkin'.
GFG
He said, "You must know you're too good for him."
CG
And the snow fell
FC
And the night passed
CFAm
And I talked to the strangers
AmFGAm
And the blizzard blew
Am
The stranger said, "Love, it can cry you a river.
AmFG
Me, I'm a loner, 'cause I can't take the heartache.
Am
Sometimes I'm a fighter when I get too much whiskey.
AmFG
Here, have a little whiskey; pretend you don't give a damn.
C
My cabin's up here on the side of the mountain.
GFG
You can go up there and sleep through the blizzard."
C
I put on my parka, said goodbye to the owner,
GFC
Followed the stranger through the snow up the mountainside.
Am
Woke in the morning to the sun on the snow
AmFG
My car was buried in six feet of snowdrift
Am
They dug me out, just the owner and the stranger
AmFG
Sent me on my way when the snowplow had been by
C
And the roads were all clear, and the sun on the mountains
GFG
Sparkled like diamonds on the Peak-to-Peak Highway
C
Then I knew that I would get over you
DmGC
Knew you could leave me, but you'd never break me
CGFC
Colorado, Colorado
CFCF
When the world leaves you shivering
G
And the blizzard blows
CGFC
When the snow flies and the night falls
F
There's a light in the window
DmG
And a place called home
FC
At the end of the storm