Caroline Herring - Colorado Woman Chords

CAPO: 4th Fret



INTRO: G  Em  C  D  (2x)  C

                              G                   D
The western prairie stretches far away from home
                          G
Lose your troubles in the big sky
            Em                           Asus2   C
Thought I'd move along like the ranchers do
                   D                  C
Stake a claim on a quiet space or two


                  G                           D
Miles away, still I recall your face and your lines
         G
I once resided in a place
      Em                      Asus2   
Where riverboats lined up the big muddy shore
  C                             D  
Until I couldn't stand my sunny South anymore

 
CHORUS:
  G                    D                      Em
Tonight I want to be a strong Colorado woman
                        C           D    G
I don't want to be your Mississippi girl
                       D                  Em
There are times I need you to hold on to
                       C      D     G  Em  C  D  G  Em  C  D
But this time I got to hold on by myself

 
  C                                     G               D
I tumbled with the dustbowls across the Oklahoma plain
                            G
Headed westward towards the mountains and the rain
    Em                  Asus2
The meadow of the timberline
          C                       D  
With your image still haunting my mind

 
CHORUS:
  G                    D                      Em
Tonight I want to be a strong Colorado woman
                        C           D     G
I don't want to be your Mississippi girl
                       D                  Em
There are times I need you to hold on to
                       C      D     G      Em 
But this time I got to hold on by myself

 
BRIDGE:
              A
Take me down
              C
Take me down
                 D       G     Em
Won't you please melt me down
               A
But let me up
            C
Help me up
                  D     G
I want back on my feet again


INSTRUMENTAL: D  Em  C  G   D  Em  C  D  G

 
    C                               G              D
I'm going where the Rockies and the river collide
                               G
Formed like a woman stretched across the great divide
Em                    Asus2
Far from the land I betrayed
    C                           D  
And what would be the price if I stayed

 
CHORUS:
  G                    D                      Em
Tonight I want to be a strong Colorado woman
                        C           D     G
I don't want to be your Mississippi girl
                           D                  Em
And there are times I need you to hold on to
                       C      D     G  Em  C  D  G  Em  C  D  
But this time I got to hold on by myself
     G     Em  C  D  G
By myself